Rafał Maciej Piszcz (24 October 1940 – 12 September 2012) was a Polish

sprint canoer Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...

who competed from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. Competing in three

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, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at

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1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

. He was born and died in

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(polish) 1940 births Canoeists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics 2012 deaths Olympic canoeists of Poland Olympic bronze medalists for Poland Polish male canoeists Sportspeople from Poznań Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics {{Poland-Olympic-medalist-stub