Jan Bochenek

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Jan Bochenek (right) at the 1960 Olympic Games

Jan Bochenek (born September 20, 1931 in Wołczkowo near Stanisławów ; † November 2, 2011 in Łódź ) was a Polish weightlifter .

Career

Jan Bochenek grew up in Warsaw and started lifting weights as a teenager . After being drafted into the army, he made good progress and soon started at the Polish championships. He was a member of Legia Warsaw and was trained by Klemens Roguski and Augustyn Dziedzic . While Polish weightlifting practically did not exist at the beginning of the 1950s, the political system of that time soon created such good conditions that Polish weightlifters reached the expanded world elite within five years. Jan Bochenek also benefited greatly from this system, as he won a middleweight medal at the European Championships in Helsinki as early as 1956. By 1962 he was among the world's top middle and lightweight weights.

Jan Bochenek was an officer in the Polish armed forces .

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships, EM = European Championships, Wed = Middleweight, Ls = Light Heavyweight)
  • 1954, 10th place (5th place) , WM + EM in Vienna , Wed, with 360.0 kg;
  • 1955, 6th place (4th place) , WM + EM in Munich , Wed, with 365 kg;
  • 1956, 3rd place , EM in Helsinki , Wed, with 362.5 kg, behind Igor Rybak , USSR , 382.5 kg and Krzysztof Beck , Poland , 375 kg;
  • 1956, 4th place , OS in Melbourne , Wed, with 382.5 kg, behind Fjodor Bogdanowski , USSR, 420 kg, Peter George , USA , 412.5 kg and Ermanno Pignatti , Italy , 382.5 kg;
  • 1957, 3rd place , EM in Katowice , Wed, with 380 kg;
  • 1957, 3rd place , World Championships in Tehran , Wed, with 395 kg, behind Thomas Kono , USA, 420 kg and Bogdanowski, 420 kg;
  • 1958, 3rd place , military Spartakiade in Leipzig , Wed, with 370 kg, behind Bogdanowski, 412.5 kg and Beck, 385 kg;
  • 1958, 5th place (4th place) , WM + EM in Stockholm , Wed, with 380.0 kg;
  • 1959, 3rd place , WM + EM ( 2nd place ) in Warsaw , Wed, with 392.5 kg, behind Kono, 425 kg and. Bogdanowski, 417.5 kg;
  • 1960, 3rd place , EM in Milan , Wed, with 385 kg, behind Alexander Kurynow , USSR, 420 kg and Győző Veres , Hungary , 397.5 kg;
  • 1960, bronze medal , OS in Rome , Ls, with 420 kg, behind Ireneusz Paliński , Poland, 442.5 kg and James George , USA, 430 kg;
  • 1962, 3rd place , Grand Prix of Moscow, Ls, with 410 kg, behind Sibirjakow, USSR, 442.5 kg and Rastscheschkin, USSR, 437.5 kg

Polish championships

  • 1952, 2nd place, Wed, with 300 kg, behind Krzysztof Beck , 305 kg and in front of Edmond Copa, 285 kg;
  • 1954, 1st place, Ls, with 362.5 kg, ahead of Copa, 320 kg and Sadowski, 320 kg;
  • 1956, 1st place, Ls, with 377.5 kg, in front of Copa, 375 kg and Sonnenfeld, 360 gk;
  • 1957, 1st place, Ls, with 390 kg, in front of Ireneusz Palinski , 375 kg and so on. Copa, 355 kg;
  • 1958, 2nd place, Ls, with 402.5 kg, behind Palinski, 415 kg and in front of Sonnenfeld, 377.5 kg;
  • 1960, 1st place, Ls, with 405 kg, ahead of Jerzy Kaczkowski , 375 kg and Nozewski, 360 kg;
  • 1961, 1st place, Ls, with 405 kg, in front of Kowalski, 360 kg and Grzyb, 352.5 kg

Web links

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Bochenek, Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Wołczkowo near Stanisławów , Poland
DATE OF DEATH November 2, 2011
Place of death Łódź , Poland