Zygfryd Perlicki (26 January 1932, in Gdynia – 10 August 2017) was a

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

from

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. He represented his country at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

Kiel Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021). Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the J ...

. He took 8th place in the Soling with

Józef Błaszczyk Józef Wojciech Błaszczyk (born 23 March 1947, in Gdynia) is a sailor from Poland. Błaszczyk represented his country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Kiel Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state ...

and Stanisław Stefański as fellow crew members. Perlicki sailed on ''

Copernicus Nicolaus Copernicus (; pl, Mikołaj Kopernik; gml, Niklas Koppernigk, german: Nikolaus Kopernikus; 19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulated ...

'' during the first Whitbread Round the World Race in 1973-74.

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* * * * 1932 births 2017 deaths Polish male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Poland Sailors at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Soling Volvo Ocean Race sailors Sportspeople from Gdynia People from Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919–1939) {{Poland-yachtracing-bio-stub