Kazimierz Czarnecki (weightlifter)

Kazimierz Czarnecki (2014)

Kazimierz Czarnecki (born March 5, 1948 in Ostróda ) is a former Polish weightlifter .

Career

Kazimierz Czarnecki started lifting weights at the “Swit” Nowym Dworze Mazowiecky sports club. Its discoverer was Tadeusz Golębiowski and its first trainers were Stanislaus Życiński and Marian Jankowski. When he moved up into the Polish national team, he was also looked after by Klemens Roguski and August Dziedzic.

In 1971 he achieved his first regional successes. In 1972, however, he did not make the jump to the Olympic team. In 1976, however, he won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games lightweight . Noteworthy was his strength in snatching, where he even set a world record in 1976.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Le = lightweight)

• 1973, 10th place , World Championships in Havana , Le, with 275 kg, winner: Mucharbi Kirschinow , USSR , 305 kg ahead of Mladen Kutschew , Bulgaria , 302.5 kg;
• 1974, 2nd place , tournament in Yerevan , Le, with 285 kg, behind Dehnavi, Iran , 287.5 kg and in front of Ambrozi, Hungary , 280 kg;
• 1974, 3rd place , Pannonia Cup in Budapest , Le, with 277.5 kg, behind Kaydalin, USSR , 290 kg and Ambrozi, 287.5 kg;
• 1975, 2nd place , tournament in Zaporozhye , Le, with 295 kg, behind Petro Korol , USSR, 310 kg and in front of Muskatiewicz, GDR, 285 kg;
• 1975, 4th place ( 4th place ), WM + EM in Moscow , Le, with 300 kg, behind Korol, 312.5 kg, Zbigniew Kaczmarek , Poland , 312.5 kg and Kutschew, 302.5 kg;
• 1976, bronze medal , OS in Montreal , Le, with 295 kg, behind Korol, 305 kg and Daniel Senet , France , 300 kg;
• 1977, 6th place ( 4th place ), WM + EM in Donaueschingen , Le, with 290 kg, behind Roberto Urrutia , Cuba , 315 kg, Pewzner, USSR, 302.5 kg, Kaczmarek, 297.5 kg, Werner Schraut , Germany , 292.5 kg and Pakizeh, Iran, 292.5 kg

Medals individual disciplines

• World Cup bronze medal: 1976, Tearing, Le
• EM bronze medal: 1977, tear, le

Polish championships

• 1975, 3rd place, Le, with 290 kg,
• 1976, 1st place, Le, with 302.5 kg,
• 1977, 2nd place, Le, with 292.5 kg, behind Kaczmarek, 295 kg,
• 1978, 3rd place, Le, with 285 kg

World record

• 140.5 kg, 1976 in Warsaw, Le