Piotr Paweł Bojańczyk (born 29 June 1946) is a Polish former

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. Skating with Teresa Weyna, he became a nine-time Polish national champion (1968–76) and placed in the top ten at six

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, three

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, and the

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Personal life

Bojańczyk was born 29 June 1946 in

Toruń Toruń is a city on the Vistula River in north-central Poland and a World Heritage Sites of Poland, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its population was 196,935 as of December 2021. Previously, it was the capital of the Toruń Voivodeship (1975–199 ...

to Janina (

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Chudzik) and Jan Bojańczyk, a skating coach. He graduated with a Magister degree in physics from

Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń or NCU (, UMK) is located in Toruń, Poland. It is named after Nicolaus Copernicus, who was born in Toruń in 1473. History The beginnings of higher education in Toruń The first institution of higher ...

and then studied at the

Warsaw University of Technology The Warsaw University of Technology () is one of the leading institutes of technology in Poland and one of the largest in Central Europe. It employs 2,453 teaching faculty, with 357 professors (including 145 titular professors). The student body ...

. With his wife Ewa, he has three children — Przemysław, Dominika, and Anna — and moved to Canada in 1989.

Career

Bojańczyk skated with Grażyna Pasternak from 1963 to 1965 before teaming up with Teresa Weyna in autumn 1965. In the 1967–68 season, the duo won the Polish Championships for the first time and were given their ISU Championship debut at the 1968 European Championships. They finished 16th at the event in

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, Sweden. In the 1974–75 season, Weyna/Bojańczyk won the bronze medal at the 1974

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and achieved their career-best World placement, seventh, at the 1975 World Championships in

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. The following season, Weyna/Bojańczyk won their ninth consecutive national title. Their highest European result, seventh, came at the 1976 European Championships in

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, Switzerland. The duo placed ninth in

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, Austria at the

. They retired from competition after the 1976 World Championships. Bojańczyk represented several skating clubs during his competitive career — Pomorzanin Toruń (until 1971), Warszawianka (1972), Ogniwo Warszawa (1973–75), and Marymont Warszawa (1976), coached by Jan Bojańczyk in Toruń and Anna Bursche-Lindner in Warsaw.

Competitive highlights

(with Weyna)

References

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