Stanisław Szczepaniak

Stanisław Szczepaniak
Association	Poland
birthday	17th August 1934
place of birth	Kościelisko
date of death	June 21, 2015
Career
society	WKS Legia Zakopane
End of career	1968 (?)
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 1 × 2 × PM medals 1 × ? × ? ×
World championships bronze 1965 Elverum Season silver 1966 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Season silver 1967 Altenberg singles  Polish championships gold 1968 singles
World Cup balance
last change: October 18, 2009

Stanisław Szczepaniak (born August 17, 1934 in Kościelisko ; † June 21, 2015 ) was a Polish biathlete .

Stanisław Szczepaniak started for WKS Legia Zakopane during his playing days . He took part in the first ever biathlon world championship in Saalfelden in 1958 and came fourth in the unofficial relay competition with Stanisław Zięba , Stanisław Styrczula and Stanisław Gąsienica-Sobczak . In 1964 he took part in the Olympic Winter Games for the first time and was in Innsbruck in the individual over 20 kilometers 18. The Biathlon World Championship in 1965 in Elverum brought winning the bronze medal on the side of Józef Rubiś and Gąsienica-Sobczak behind Norway and the Soviet Union in the unofficial relay race. In 1966 the season was officially part of the program. Now Stanisław Łukaszczyk came to the three and the Polish relay won the silver medal behind the Norwegian team in this line-up. In addition, Szczepaniak was seventh in the individual. In Altenberg in 1967 the Pole won the individual silver medal behind Wiktor Mamatow . It was the last Polish individual medal at a World Cup until Tomasz Sikora won the world title in 1995. In 1968 Szczepaniak started in Grenoble at his second Olympic Games and finished fourth both in the individual and with Józef Rózak , Andrzej Fiedor and Stanisław Łukaszczyk in the relay competition. At national championships, Szczepaniak won the individual title in 1968.

Web links

• Stanisław Szczepaniak in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )