Jan Raszka (Nordic combined)

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Jan Raszka Nordic combination
nation Poland 1928Second Polish Republic Poland
birthday December 2, 1928
place of birth Wisła ,  Poland
date of death February 5, 2007
Place of death Wisła ,  Poland
Career
society WKS Zakopane (1952/53)
Start Wisła (from 1954)
Trainer Marian Woyna-Orlewicz
National squad since 1946
End of career 1966
Medal table
National medals 1 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
Participant in the Nordic combinationNordic Combined
Polish Ski Association logo Polish championships
gold 1952 Zakopane singles
bronze 1954 Wisła singles
Participants in Cross-country skiingcross-country skiing
Polish Ski Association logo Polish championships
silver 1952 Zakopane 18 km
 

Jan Raszka (born December 2, 1928 in Wisła ; † February 5, 2007 ibid) was a Polish Nordic combined athlete .

Career

Raszka, who also competed in ski jumping, cross-country skiing, slalom and downhill competitions, began skiing during the German occupation of Poland . Against strong competition from Zakopane Raszka was able to achieve successes again and again at national level and in 1952 win the Polish championship in Nordic combined. In 1953 Raszka won at the Academic World Winter Games on the Semmering, among others, together with Tadeusz Kwapień in the relay bronze. At the prestigious Czech Marusarzówna Memorial in 1954, he also won an international level and was also able to achieve a good result in fourth place in the special jumping event . After he missed the Olympic Games in 1948 due to a broken leg and in 1952, he was used at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo , but could only be the fourth-best Pole as 32nd. After finishing seventh in the Polish championships over 50 km in 1966, Raszka ended his career.

After the end of his sporting career, Raszka worked as a trainer and also ran a sports shop.

Web links

  • January Raszka on Olympic.org  - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
  • Jan Raszka in the Olympedia.org database (English)
  • Jan Raszka at the Polish Olympic Committee (Polish)
  • Jan Raszka in the database of wyniki-skoki.hostingasp.pl (Polish)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Wszystko zacęło się od naszego ojca i dziadka Jana Raszki. In: raszkasport.pl , accessed on August 18, 2020 (Polish).
personal data
SURNAME Raszka, Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Wisła , Second Polish Republic
DATE OF DEATH February 5, 2007
Place of death Wisła , Poland