Stanislaw Szozda

Stanisław Szozda (born September 25, 1950 in Dobromierz , † September 23, 2013 in Wrocław ) was a Polish cyclist .

Athletic career

Szozda was the winner of the Tour of Poland in 1971 and the International Peace Tour in 1974 . On this peace trip he won 6 of the 14 stages. At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich he won the silver medal and was able to repeat this performance four years later at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal . Furthermore, Szozda was twice road world champion in team time trial , 1973 with Ryszard Szurkowski , Tadeusz Mytnik and Lucjan Lis and 1975 with Ryszard Szurkowski, Tadeusz Mytnik and Mieczysław Nowicki . He won the Polish championship in mountain driving in 1975. In 1976 he took second place in the overall standings behind Hans-Joachim Hartnick in the peace run .

Due to a back injury, Szozda had to end his active career at the age of 28. He died after a long illness.

successes

year	success		run
1971	winner	2nd, 3rd, 7th stage	Tour of Poland
	winner	Overall rating
	3.		World championship, road, 100 km team time trial
	2.		National Championship Poland, Road
1972	2.		Olympic Games , road, team time trial
	76.		Olympic Games, street
1973	winner	Overall rating	Algeria tour
	2.		World championship, road, amateurs
	winner	5th stage	Tour of Poland
	winner		World championship, road, 100 km team time trial
	winner	4th and 8th stage, part b	Peace ride
	2.	Overall rating
	winner		National Championship Poland, Road
1974	winner	3rd and 8th stage	Tour of Poland
	winner	5th stage, part b as well as 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 13th stages	Peace ride
	winner	Overall rating
	2.		National Championship Poland, Road
1975	winner		World championship, road, 100 km team time trial
	winner	9th stage	Peace ride
1976	2.		Olympic Games, road team time trial
	winner	Prologue and 1st stage	Tour of Poland
	winner	2nd, 6th and 9th stage	Peace ride
	2.	Overall rating
	11.		Olympic Games, 1st Street
1977	3.		World championship, road, 100 km team time trial
	winner	9th stage	Tour of Austria
	winner	1st stage	Peace ride
1978	winner	stage	Peace ride
	winner	Overall rating	Sofia-Varna

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nie żyje Stanisław Szozda, "wiem, że nie spieprzyłem swojego życia"
2. ↑ www.radsport-news.com: Polish World Cup team mourns the loss of Stanislaw Szozda, from September 28, 2013, accessed on January 19, 2017

Web links

• Stanisław Szozda in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Stanisław Szozda in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )