Józef Wojciech Błaszczyk (born 23 March 1947, in

Gdynia Gdynia is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With an estimated population of 257,000, it is the List of cities in Poland, 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in the Pomeranian Voivodeship after Gdańsk ...

) is 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. While the term ''sailor'' ...

from

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

. Błaszczyk represented his country at the

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

Kiel Kiel ( ; ) is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein. With a population of around 250,000, it is Germany's largest city on the Baltic Sea. It is located on the Kieler Förde inlet of the Ba ...

. Błaszczyk took 8th place in the

Soling The Soling is an Keelboat, open keelboat that holds the World Sailing "International class" status. The class was used from the Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972 Olympics until the Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Olympics as "Sa ...

with

Zygfryd Perlicki Zygfryd Perlicki (26 January 1932, in Gdynia – 10 August 2017) was a sailor from Poland. He represented his country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Kiel. He took 8th place in the Soling with Józef Błaszczyk and Stanisław Stefański as fello ...

as helmsman and

Stanisław Stefański Stanisław Stefański (born 24 August 1947, in Gdańsk) is a sailor from Poland. Perlicki represented his country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Kiel. Perlicki took 8th place in the Soling with Zygfryd Perlicki as helmsman and Józef Błaszczyk ...

as fellow crew member.

References

Living people 1947 births Sportspeople from Gdynia Polish male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Soling Olympic sailors for Poland 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-yachtracing-bio-stub