Jan Wróblewski (pilot)
Jan Wróblewski (born November 6, 1940 in Bydgoszcz ) is a Polish pilot. He is a two-time world champion in gliding.
1963 Wroblewski became Polish national champion in gliding. At the 1965 gliding world championship in South Cerney (Great Britain) he won the world championship title in the open class on a Foka-4 . That was the first and so far only time that a pilot managed to become world champion in the open class with a standard class aircraft. In 1970 he was 15 runner-up in the standard class on a Cobra . Two years later he won the title in Vrsac (Yugoslavia) on an Orion in the same class. In the same year he received the Lilienthal Medal from the FAI .
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Wróblewski, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish pilot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bydgoszcz , Poland |