Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś
Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś | |||||||||||||
nation | Poland | ||||||||||||
birthday | 21st January 1947 (age 73) | ||||||||||||
place of birth | Zakopane , Poland | ||||||||||||
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discipline | Giant slalom , slalom | ||||||||||||
status | resigned | ||||||||||||
End of career | 1974 | ||||||||||||
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Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś (born January 21, 1947 in Zakopane ) is a former Polish ski racer . He is the only Polish athlete who has won medals at an Alpine World Ski Championships.
On January 17, 1970, Bachleda finished in the top three for the first time in a World Cup race in the giant slalom in Kitzbühel . He finished second behind the Swiss Dumeng Giovanoli . A month later he won the bronze medal in the Alpine Combined at the Alpine World Ski Championships in Val Gardena .
On February 20, 1972, he achieved the only World Cup victory of his career in Banff, Canada . Two years later he celebrated the greatest success of his career with the silver medal in the Alpine Combined at the World Ski Championships in St. Moritz .
He is the father of Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś junior .
Web links
- Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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SURNAME | Bachleda-Curuś, Andrzej |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish ski racer |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1947 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Zakopane |