Tadeusz Mytnik (born 13 August 1949) is a retired Polish cyclist. He had his best achievements in the 100 km team time trial. In this event he won a silver medal at the

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as well as two gold and one bronze medals at the world championships in 1973, 1975 and 1977. Individually, he won the

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in 1975,

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in 1978, Flèche d'Or in 1981, and Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich in 1983. In 2010 he was awarded the

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. After retiring from competitions he ran a bicycle shop in Gdynia and organized cycling races. He is married to Wiesława Mytnik; they have two children, Marcin (born 1976) and Agnieszka (born 1979).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mytnik, Tadeusz 1949 births Living people People from Świdnica County 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 UCI Road World Champions (elite men) Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics