Stanisław Szozda (25 September 1950 – 23 September 2013) was an elite Polish cyclist. He had his best achievements in the 100 km team time trial. In this event he won two silver medals at the

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and

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, as well as two gold and two bronze medals at the world championships in 1971, 1973, 1975 and 1977. He was less successful in the individual road race, finishing in 76th and 11th place at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, respectively, and winning a silver medal at the

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. At the age of 9, Szozda moved to

Prudnik Prudnik (, szl, Prudnik, Prōmnik, german: Neustadt in Oberschlesien, Neustadt an der Prudnik, la, Prudnicium) is a town in southern Poland, located in the southern part of Opole Voivodeship near the border with the Czech Republic. It is the ...

with his family. Here he graduated from primary school (1964) and agricultural engineering (1969). He took his first cycling steps in Zarzewie Prudnik (1967–1970) under the supervision of Franciszek Surmiński.PRUDNIK: NIE ŻYJE STANISŁAW SZOZDA
tygodnikprudnicki.pl In 1974, he won the

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, both individually and in the team competition. He also won 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 1971, Tour of Algeria in 1973,

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 ...

in 1974, and

Tour of Małopolska Tour of Malopolska (Polish: ''Małopolski Wyścig Górski'') is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage cycling race in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Since 2005, it has been part of the UCI Europe Tour. History The race was first held in 196 ...

in 1976. He finished second in the

in 1976 and first in 1973 with the Polish team. He suffered a career-ending spinal injury after a fall during the 1978 Peace Race. After retiring from competitions he worked as a trainer in the United States with

Eddie Borysewicz Edward Borysewicz (March 18, 1939 – November 16, 2020), sometimes known as "Eddie B", was a cycling coach who brought the United States to world prominence, even though at first he barely spoke English. The US team, under his direction, won ni ...

, and after returning to Poland did not follow the traditional route of becoming a cycling coach. He was married to Grażyna Szozda; they have a daughter Natalia and a son Radosław. Szozda was awarded the

Order of Polonia Restituta The Order of Polonia Restituta ( pl, Order Odrodzenia Polski, en, Order of Restored Poland) is a Polish state decoration, state Order (decoration), order established 4 February 1921. It is conferred on both military and civilians as well as on al ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Szozda, Stanislaw 1950 births 2013 deaths People from Świdnica County Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Poland Polish male cyclists Olympic silver medalists for Poland Olympic medalists in cycling Sportspeople from Lower Silesian Voivodeship Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics UCI Road World Champions (elite men)