Antoni Wieczorek

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Antoni Wieczorek Ski jumping
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nation PolandPoland Poland
birthday May 8, 1924
place of birth Szczyrk ,  Poland
date of death August 16, 1992
Place of death Zlaté Moravce ,  Czechoslovakia
Career
society LZS Sczyrk
National squad since 1952
Medal table
National Medals (SP) 2 × gold 4 × silver 0 × bronze
National Medals (NK) 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Polish Ski Association logo Polish championships
silver 1951 Zakopane singles
silver 1953 Szczyrk singles
gold 1954 Wisła singles
gold 1955 Zakopane singles
silver 1958 Wisła singles
silver 1961 Wisła singles
Polish Ski Association logo Polish championships
silver 1949 Szczyrk singles
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
 Four Hills Tournament 5th ( 1961/62 )
 

Antoni Wieczorek (born May 8, 1924 in Szczyrk , † August 16, 1992 in Zlaté Moravce ) was a Polish ski jumper and ski jumping coach. He was internationally active as a ski jumper until the age of 38.

Career

Wieczorek started ski jumping at an early age. For the first time he was internationally active together with Tadeusz Kozak and Mieczyslaw Gąsienicą-Samkiem at the International Ski Flying Week 1948 in Planica . For the Olympic Winter Games in 1948 , despite good performance, he was not given a starting place. On March 15, 1948 Wieczorek was the first Pole to jump over 100 meters and stand. In 1952 he won the international jumping competition in Oberhof and improved the hill record there to 75 meters. Then Wieczorek started at the Olympic Winter Games in Oslo in 1952 at the age of 27. From the normal hill he jumped twice to 60.5 meters and thus landed on rank 24.

In the following years Wieczorek performed above average, especially at the national level. After its reconstruction in 1953, he jumped a new hill record on the Skalite with 63.5 meters. In 1954 he won his first Polish championship title. Then he was part of the squad for the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1954 in Falun . However, the Polish Ski Association did not travel to Sweden . In 1955 he won the individual Polish Championship for the second time. He was nominated again for the 1956 Winter Olympics , but fell badly in training in Zakopane on the Wielka Krokiew shortly before leaving for Cortina d'Ampezzo and was unable to compete.

At the winter sports week in Oberhof in 1958, Wieczorek came third behind Harry Glaß and Peter Lesser and thus qualified for the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1958 . In Lahti he reached the 35th place after jumps on 60.5 and 57.5 meters.

At the Four Hills Tournament in 1961/62 Wieczorek achieved fifth place on Bergiselschanze in Innsbruck and thus the best international individual rank after a good 13th place on the Schattenbergschanze in Oberstdorf . At the end of January he was also able to win the overall ranking of the fifth edition of the Beskydy Tour . After a mixed jump on the Great Olympic Hill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , which he finished in 26th, he again achieved a very good result among the top ten in the final tournament in Bischofshofen on Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze in ninth place . In the overall standings, Wieczorek came in fifth.

Thereupon he was one of the favorites at the upcoming Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane in 1962 , but could not compete there after another serious fall in training. After the World Cup he had to end his active international ski jumping career due to his injuries.

After the end of his career, Wieczorek took over a coaching position at LZS Sczyrk . From 1967 to 1969 he coached the Polish national team. He was also involved in the construction and renovation of various ski jumping hills in Poland . Between 1970 and 1980 he worked several times as a trainer at the sports school in Sczyrk.

In 1977 he founded a ski sales and rental company in Sczyrk, which is now run by his son Stan Wieczorek, himself a trainer for alpine and cross-country skiing .

In 1992 Wieczorek died in a car accident in Zlaté Moravce , Czechoslovakia, on returning from a vacation in southern Europe.

successes

Four Hills Tournament placements

season space Points
1961/62 5. 839.4

National successes

  • Polish champion in ski jumping: 1954 and 1955
  • Polish runner-up in ski jumping: 1951, 1953, 1958, 1961

Private

Antoni Wieczorek was the son of the weaver Anna and the farmer and carpenter Józef Wieczorek. He had three brothers with Jana, Szymona and Bronisława and three sisters with Marię, Annę and Julię. In 1938 he completed his education at the Tadeusza Kościuszki School and began training as a waiter a short time later. At the turn of the year 1940/41 he left Szcyrk and started working in the chemical factory of IG Farben near Monowitz . He lived near the Auschwitz III Monowitz concentration camp . In 1948 he married Cecylii Gajdzik.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Antoni Wieczorek . archiwum.watra.pl. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
  2. ↑ Skalite on Skisprungschanzen.com
  3. ↑ a b c d Wyniki Mistrzostw Polski - 1920-2002 . skijumping.pl. Archived from the original on November 16, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
  4. ↑ Egon Theiner: Encyclopedia of Ski Jumping , p. 158
  5. ↑ a b c d e f Skoczek Antoni Wieczorek ze Szczyrku . eszczyrk.pl.pl. Archived from the original on August 6, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
  6. ↑ Skiserwis Szcyrk - About Us ( English ) Skiserwis Szcyrk. Archived from the original on February 4, 2014. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Wieczorek, Antoni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish ski jumper and ski jumping coach
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Szczyrk , Poland
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 1992
Place of death Zlaté Moravce , Czechoslovakia