Stanisław Gazda (11 May 1938 – 28 October 2020) was a Polish cyclist.

Career

He competed at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

in Rome in the road race and finished in sixth place. He was on the podium of the

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages ...

in 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963 and 1972 and won the race in 1963. In 1962, he finished third in the

Peace Race The Peace Race (german: Friedensfahrt, cs, Závod míru, sk, Preteky mieru, russian: Велогонка Мира (), pl, Wyścig Pokoju , french: Course de la Paix, it, Corsa della Pace, ro, Cursa Păcii) was an annual multiple stage bicycl ...

. He also won three stages in this race; one each in 1960, 1962 and 1964. Gazda was a carpenter by profession but later worked as a councilor. He married Lydia, a teacher; they have a daughter Ewa and son Wojciech and lived in Pszczyna. Gazda was awarded the Cross of Merit. His brother Kazimierz was also a competitive cyclist.

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* 1938 births 2020 deaths Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Poland Polish male cyclists People from Pszczyna Sportspeople from Silesian Voivodeship {{Poland-cycling-bio-stub