Roman Gąsienica-Sieczka
Roman Gąsienica-Sieczka 
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| birthday | April 30, 1934 | |||||||||
| place of birth | Zakopane , Poland | |||||||||
| size | 170 cm | |||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg | |||||||||
| date of death | August 26, 2006 | |||||||||
| Place of death | Zakopane, Poland | |||||||||
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Sokół Zakopane (1946–1947) HKN Zakopane (1947–1948) SKS Start Zakopane (1949–1956) WKS Zakopane (1956–1957) |
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Roman Gąsienica-Sieczka (born April 30, 1934 in Zakopane , † August 26, 2006 ibid) was a Polish ski jumper .
Career
Gąsienica-Sieczka is the son of former ski jumper and Olympian Stanisław and father of former Polish ski jumping champion Bartłomiej . In the course of his career he represented a total of four sports clubs from Zakopane , the longest he was at SKS Start Zakopane .
Gąsienica-Sieczka was a participant in the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo , where he took 25th place in the individual competition on the K-90 hill. In addition, he also took part in other international competitions such as the Swiss Jumper Tour .
While Gąsienica-Sieczka was able to win four national championship titles in the youth, he never took first place in the seniors. In 1956 and 1957, however, he was able to win the silver and bronze medals.
After a serious accident in Harrachov , as a result of which his foot had to be amputated, he ended his career.
Hill record
| place | country | Expanse | set up on | Record up |
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Poland
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93.5 m (K 80) |
April 2, 1956 | 1961 |
Web links
- Roman Gąsienica-Sieczka on Olympic.org - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
- Roman Gąsienica-Sieczka in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Portrait at the Polish Olympic Committee (Polish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wojciech Szatkowski: Trzy pokolenia skoczków narciarskich z rodziny Gąsieniców-Sieczków p.2 , on z-ne.pl , accessed on April 2, 2019 (Polish).
- ↑ Wojciech Szatkowski: Trzy pokolenia skoczków narciarskich for rodziny Gąsieniców-Sieczków p.3 on z-ne.pl retrieved (Polish) on 2 April of 2019.
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| SURNAME | Gąsienica-Sieczka, Roman |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish ski jumper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zakopane , Poland |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 26, 2006 |
| Place of death | Zakopane , Poland |