Andrzej Gronowicz
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1976 Montreal | C-2 500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1974 Mexico City | C-2 1000 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1973 Tampere | C-2 500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1977 Sofia | C-2 1000 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
Andrzej Jerzy Gronowicz (born 7 March 1951 in Piła) is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the C-2 500 m event at Montreal in 1976.[1]
Gronowicz also won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (C-2 1000 m: 1974) and two bronzes (C-2 500 m: 1973, C-2 1000 m: 1977).[2][3]
Gronowicz became the head coach of the Saskatoon Racing Canoe Club of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in 1988. He is a certified Level 3 coach under the NCCP (National Coaching Certification Program) and is pursuing Level 4 certification. His athletes have gone on to compete internationally at the Summer Olympics and the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrzej Gronowicz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
External links
[edit]- Andrzej Gronowicz at Olympedia
- Andrzej Gronowicz at Olympics.com
- Andrzej Gronowicz at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (archive) (in Polish)
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