Mieczysław Nowak
.jpg) Nowak at the 1964 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 22 December 1936 Chomęcice, Wielkopolskie, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 May 2006 (69) Nowy Dwór Gdański, Pomorskie, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | LZS Wrocław Śląsk Wrocław WKS Flota Gdynia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Aleksander Machowski Augustyn Dziedzic Klemens Roguski[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mieczysław Nowak (22 December 1936 – 17 May 2006) was a Polish featherweight weightlifter. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and finished in third, fifth and seventh place, respectively. He won one gold (1970) and two silver medals (1965 and 1966) at world championships, and his Olympic bronze also counted as the world championships bronze in 1964. At the European championships, he won three gold (1965, 1966 and 1968), one silver (1970) and 1 bronze medals (1972). Nationally he won four titles (1965–1967, 1970) and set thirteen records.[1][2]
After retiring from competitions Nowak worked as a coach and a sports official.[3]
References
[edit]
- ^ a b Nowak Mieczysław. Polish Olympics Committee
- ^ MIECZYSLAW NOWAK. chidlovski.net
- ^ Mieczysław Nowak. sports-reference.com
   | This article about a Polish Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This biographical article relating to weightlifting in Poland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1936 births
- 2006 deaths
- Polish male weightlifters
- Olympic weightlifters for Poland
- Olympic bronze medalists for Poland
- Weightlifters at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- People from Poznań County
- Sportspeople from Greater Poland Voivodeship
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Polish sportsmen
- 21st-century Polish sportsmen
- Polish Olympic medalist stubs
- Polish weightlifting biography stubs