Jan Kawulok
Jan Kawulok  
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 Poland
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| birthday | January 27, 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Wisła , Poland | ||||||||||||||||||
| size | 176 cm | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
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Ski jumping Nordic combined cross-country skiing |
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LKS Wisła Istebna (1960–1967) Start Wisła (1968–1973) |
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| status | resigned | ||||||||||||||||||
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Jan Kawulok (born January 27, 1946 in Wisła , Poland ) is a former Polish skier and today's ski jumping coach. In 1971 he became Polish champion in ski jumping .
Career
Kawulok began his sporting career at the LKS Wisła Istebna sports club . He was already able to achieve some successes with the juniors and was honored by the Polish Ski Association as the best young athlete at the Polish championships in the 1963/64 season.
Kawulok was a participant in the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France . He finished 20th in the Nordic Combined. He also took part in the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1970 in Vysoké Tatry , where he reached 17th place in combined.
By winning the Polish championship in ski jumping in 1971 in Szczyrk , Kawulok was able to achieve his greatest national success. In 1972 he won his second championship title in the 4x10 km relay race. He was also able to win FIS competitions internationally.
Since the end of his career in 1973, Kawulok has been working successfully as a junior trainer at KS Wisła Ustronianka and was, among other things, the ski instructor of the future Polish ski jumping champion Jan Łoniewski . On September 30, 2012, he unveiled a memorial plaque in Wisła Aleja Gwiazd Sport , on which Adam Małysz is immortalized in addition to his name .
Personal
Jan Kawulok is the cousin of Olympian and Nordic skier Stanisław Kawulok .
Web links
- January Kawulok on Olympic.org - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
- January Kawulok in the database of Olympedia.org (English)
- Portrait at the Polish Olympic Committee (Polish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ SEKCJA NARCIARSKA W LATACH 1968 - 1972. Archived from the original on April 22, 2010 ; accessed on February 27, 2019 (Polish).
- ↑ January Kawulok w wiślańskiej Alei Gwiazd Sportu. In: pzn.pl. October 1, 2012, accessed February 27, 2019 (Polish).
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| SURNAME | Kawulok, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish skier and ski jumping coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wisła , Poland |