Władysław Szuszkiewicz (12 November 1938 in
Wilno
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– 14 November 2007) was a Polish
sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. Competing in three
Summer Olympics
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, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at
Munich
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in
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 ...
.
Szuszkiewicz's wife, the former
Izabella Antonowicz
Izabella Antonowicz-Szuszkiewicz (born March 16, 1942 in Vilnius) is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she earned her best finish of sixth in the K-2 500 m event at Mun ...
, also competed as a sprint canoer during the 1960s and 1970s.
References
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Profile at Polish Olympic Committee website
1938 births
2007 deaths
Canoeists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Olympic canoeists for Poland
Olympic bronze medalists for Poland
Polish male canoeists
Sportspeople from Vilnius
People from Wilno Voivodeship (1926–1939)
Olympic medalists in canoeing
Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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