Barbara Piecha
Barbara Piecha-Gawior (born March 4, 1949 in Katowice , Poland ) is a former Polish luge athlete .
Barbara Piecha was world champion at the 1970 World Championships on the track in Königssee, ahead of the German starters Christa Schmuck and Elisabeth Demleitner . The following year she was third at the World Championships in Olang behind Demleitner and Erika Lechner and at the European Championships in Imst behind Lechner and Angela Knösel . The athlete from GKS Katowice took part in the Olympic Winter Games twice. In 1972 in Sapporo she finished ninth, in 1976 in Innsbruck she was 13th.
literature
- Głuszek, Leksykon ( Lexikon ) 1999, pp. 298–299 (incorrect date of birth 1948 given here)
- Pawlak, Olimpijczycy ( Olympians ), p. 202
- Klimontowicz, Ruch olimpijski ( Olympic Movement ), pp. 73–74 (here again wrong date of birth 1948 given)
- Porada, Igrzyska, pp. 880, 896
- Iskier przewodnik, s. 591;
- Tajner, Legendy ( Legends ) (here incorrectly Polish champion 1970)
- Zielśkiewicz, Encyklopedia ( Encyclopedia ), pp. 165, 406, 410, 415 (here again wrong date of birth 1948 given)
Web links
- Barbara Piecha in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Piecha-Gawior Barbara. Polski Komitet Olimpijski, accessed November 28, 2013 .
annotation
- ↑ The information on the year of birth diverges in various sources. With Sports-Reference is given in 1948, on the side of the Polish Olympic Committee in 1949, in the book The stars of the sport in 1950
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Piecha, Barbara |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Piecha-Gawior, Barbara (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish luge athlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1949 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Katowice , Poland |