Jerzy Klempel (23 April 1953 – 28 May 2004) was a Polish former

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player and coach who competed in the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...

and in the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

. In 1976 he won the bronze medal with the Polish team. He played all five matches and scored 23 goals. Four years later he was part of the Polish team which finished seventh. He played all six matches and scored 44 goals. He became the top scorer of the tournament.

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* 1953 births 2004 deaths People from Kłodzko County Polish male handball players Polish handball coaches Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Poland Olympic bronze medalists for Poland Frisch Auf Göppingen players Olympic medalists in handball Sportspeople from Lower Silesian Voivodeship Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{poland-Olympic-medalist-stub

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