Henryk Tomanek

Henryk Piotr Tomanek (born January 23, 1955 in Siemianowice Śląskie ) is a former Polish wrestler in the free and Greco-Roman style .

Career

Henryk Tomanek started wrestling at the sports club AKS Chorzów in 1969. In 1971 he moved to GKS Katowice . During his career he was looked after by the coaches Zdzisław Chyra, Jan Adamaszek, Antoni Masternak, Janusz Tracewski and Stanisław Krzesinki. Henryk Tomanek wrestled both in the free and in the Greco-Roman style, but always in the super heavyweight division.

He made his international debut at the European Junior Championships in Haparanda, Sweden, where he won the silver medal. Henryk Tomanek won his first senior medal in Sweden seven years later at the European Championships in Gothenburg.

In 1976 he took part in the Olympic Games in Montreal . He was denied further participation in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles because of the boycott by the socialist countries. Henryk Tomanek ended his career in 1985 after the World Championships in Kolbotn ( Norway ).

National successes

Polish junior champion: 1973, 1974, 1975. Polish champion: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1985.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, FS = freestyle,> 100 = super heavy weight over 100 kg body weight)

• 1973, 1st place , youth competitions of friendship in Suhl , GR, class over 87 kg body weight, in front of Oleksandr Kolchynskyj , USSR a . Stoyan Nikolov , Bulgaria ;
• 1974, 2nd place, European Junior Championships in Haparanda (SWE), GR,> 100;
• 1974, 6th place, WM in Katowice (POL), GR,> 100;
• 1975, 2nd place, Junior World Championships in Chaskowo (BUL), GR,> 100;
• 1975, 4th place, WM in Minsk (URS), GR,> 100;
• 1976, participant EM in Leningrad (URS), GR,> 100;
• 1976, 4th place, OS in Montreal (CAN), GR,> 100;
• 1977, participant in the World Championship in Göteborg (SWE), GR,> 100;
• 1978, 5th place, World Cup in Mexico City (MEX), GR,> 100;
• 1979, participant EM in Bucharest (ROM), GR,> 100;
• 1979, 5th place, World Championships in San Diego (USA), GR,> 100;
• 1979, 6th place, World Championships in San Diego (USA), FS,> 100;
• 1981, 3rd place, EM in Göteborg (SWE), GR,> 100;
• 1981, participant in the World Championships in Oslo (NOR), GR,> 100;
• 1982, participant in the WM in Katowice (POL), GR,> 100;
• 1983, 6th place, World Championships in Kiev (URS), GR,> 100;
• 1984, 2nd place, EM in Jönköping (SWE), GR,> 100;
• 1984, Olympic Boycott, Los Angeles OS (USA);
• 1984, 4th place, replacement Olympics, Budapest (HUN), GR,> 100;
• 1985, 7th place, WM in Kolbotn (NOR), GR,> 100;

Web links

• Profile of Henryk Tomanek at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Henryk Tomanek in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Portrait on the website of the Polish Olympic Committee (Polish)