Czesław Sobieraj (17 July 1914 - 25 July 1985) was a Polish

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who competed from the late 1930s to the late 1940s. He won a silver medal in the K-1 10000 m event at the

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. Sobieraj also competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in

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, finishing seventh in the K-1 10000 m event while being eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 1000 m event.

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1914 births 1985 deaths Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of Poland Polish male canoeists People from Szamotuły County ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Sportspeople from Greater Poland Voivodeship {{Poland-canoe-bio-stub