Janusz Pyciak-Peciak

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Janusz Gerard Pyciak-Peciak (born February 9, 1949 in Warsaw ) is a former Polish modern pentathlete who became Olympic champion in the individual classification in 1976.

Pyciak-Peciak began his career in 1968 at the only Polish modern pentathlon club, Lotnik Warsaw , after applying to a newspaper ad. At that time, Lotnik looked after a total of eleven athletes. At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , he finished 21st in the individual ranking with 4817 points, the Polish team reached eighth place. Four years later, at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal , he was able to overtake the competitors in front of him with a third place in the final cross-country run. He won with 5520 points and 35 points ahead of Pawel Lednjow from the Soviet Union. With the Polish team, he finished fourth.

At the 1977 World Championships in San Antonio Pyciak-Peciak won with 5484 points ahead of Lednjow and his compatriot Slawomir Rotkiewicz . In the team standings, the Poles won by two points over the Soviet team. Pyciak-Peciak was voted Sportsman of the Year for the double world championship title . In 1978 in Jönköping Lednjow won ahead of Pyciak-Peciak, in the team classification the Poles surprisingly won ahead of the team from the Federal Republic of Germany, the Soviet team was only third. 1979 in Budapest Pyciak-Peciak was again vice world champion, he lost to the American Bob Nieman .

At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow Pyciak-Peciak was sixth in the individual ranking and reached fourth place with the team. At the home world championship in 1981 in Zielona Góra , he was able to repeat his success from 1977. With 5662 points and 13 points ahead of the Italian Daniele Masala he won the singles, the team won over the Hungarians and the Italians. For this double success, Pyciak-Peciak was voted Sportsman of the Year as in 1977.

The only 1.71 m tall sports teacher was eight times Polish champion: 1974–1977 and 1980–1983.

literature

  • Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 .
  • Polish Olympic Committee: Polish Olympic Team . Munich 1972 ( Gerard Peciak is introduced on page 129. )

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personal data
SURNAME Pyciak-Peciak, Janusz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pyciak-Peciak, Janusz Gerard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish Olympic champion in modern pentathlon
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Warsaw