Wojciech Jankowski

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Wojciech Jankowski, 2019

Wojciech Jankowski (born April 1, 1963 in Płock ) is a former Polish rower . In 1992 he won the Olympic bronze medal in a four-man team .

Career

The 1.95 m tall Wojciech Jankowski took eighth place in the two-man without a helmsman at the Junior World Championships in 1980 , and in 1981 he achieved the same position with the four-man with a helmsman. At the 1983 World Championships he rowed to twelfth place in a four-man without a helmsman . In 1986 in Nottingham , the Polish four-man with helmsman took sixth place in the line-up of Dariusz Stadniuk , Wojciech Neumann , Wojciech Szymerowski , Wojciech Jankowski and helmsman Ireneusz Omiecki . At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Jankowski competed with Jacek Streich and Ireneusz Omiecki in a pair with a helmsman and took ninth place.

In the following year Jankowski started at the World Championships 1989 in Bled together with Tomasz Tomiak and Michał Cieślak in two with a helmsman and finished sixth, in 1990 in New Zealand Jankowski was seventh in a two with helmsman. In 1991 a Polish foursome with a helmsman was formed with the line-up of Wojciech Jankowski, Maciej Łasicki , Jacek Streich, Tomasz Tomiak and Michał Cieślak. At the World Championships in Vienna in 1991 , the German four-man won ahead of the Romanians and the Polish boat, which had a lead of 0.2 seconds over the fourth-placed British at the finish. A year later at the Olympic Games in Barcelona , the Polish four-man rowed with helmsman in the same line-up as last year. In the Olympic final, the Romanians won ahead of the Germans and the Poles, who this time had a lead of almost three seconds over the fourth-placed boat from the United States.

In 1993 Jankowski competed in two boat classes at the World Championships in Račice u Štětí . Jankowski, Łasicki, Streich and Tomiak won the silver medal in the four without a helmsman behind the French boat. The four rowers were also members of the Polish eight, which took seventh place. In 1994 Jankowski, Łasicki, Streich and Tomiak finished fifth again at the World Championships in Indianapolis . In 1995 Tomiak was replaced by Piotr Basta in the Polish foursome . At the 1995 World Championships in Tampere, the boat won the bronze medal behind the Italians and British. The following year, the Polish four-man competed at the Olympic Games in Atlanta with Piotr Olszewski , Jacek Streich, Wojciech Jankowski and Piotr Basta and took twelfth place. At the 1997 World Championships , Jankowski finished eighth with the four-man without a helmsman, and in 1998 in Cologne he was seventh with the four-man with a helmsman.

Wojciech Jankowski rowed for the Budowlani Płock club .

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 180
  2. ↑ 1991 final in a four-man with helmsman at worldrowing.com
  3. ↑ 1992 Olympic final in a foursome with helmsman at worldrowing.com
personal data
SURNAME Jankowski, Wojciech
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish rower
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Plock