Rafał Maciej Piszcz (24 October 1940 – 12 September 2012) was a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. Competing in three

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, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at

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. He was born and died in

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(polish) 1940 births Canoeists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics 2012 deaths Olympic canoeists for Poland Olympic bronze medalists for Poland Polish male canoeists Canoeists from Poznań Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-Olympic-medalist-stub