Zbigniew Pacelt

Zbigniew Pacelt 2013

Zbigniew Pacelt (born August 26, 1951 in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski ) is a Polish politician of the Platforma Obywatelska ( Civic Platform ) and a former pentathlon and swimmer .

Life

Zbigniew Pacelt medal table
Swimming / Modern Pentathlon
Poland
Polish championships
gold	1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972	200 m layers
gold	1971	400 m layers
Polish championships
silver	1975	Team pentathlon
World Championship
gold	1977, 1978	Team pentathlon

In 1969 Pacelt received his Matura and began studying at the “Józef Piłsudski” sports college in Warsaw . He graduated with a master's degree in 1975 . He began his sports career at the KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski club as a swimmer. From 1960 to 1972 he was with AZS Warszawa and then with Lotnik and Legia Warsaw until 1980 . He won several Polish championships in swimming medley and set several Polish records in freestyle and medley. Zbigniew Pacelt was part of the Polish delegation at the 1968 Summer Olympics and 1972 Summer Olympics in swimming and 1976 in pentathlon. After the 1976 Summer Games, he ended his career as an athlete and started as a coach. As this he was able to win two gold medals with the Polish team at the 1992 Summer Olympics . In 1994 he became the director of competitive sports in the Department of Physical Culture and Sport . From 2001 to the dissolution of the authority in June 2002 he was deputy chairman of the office for physical culture and sport. Then Pacelt was vice chairman of the Polish Sports Federation from 2003 to 2005 . In the 2005 parliamentary elections , he won a seat in the Sejm with 8,455 votes and became Deputy Minister for Sports and Tourism. He was able to defend this seat in the early elections in 2007 and was again Deputy Minister of Sport from November 26, 2007 to November 21, 2008.

Zbigniew Pacelt is married and has one daughter.

Awards

Zbigniew Pacelt is an honorary citizen of his birthplace Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski , received the Golden Cross of Merit of the Republic of Poland and is an officer of the Polonia Restituta Order .

Web links

Zbigniew Pacelt website (Polish)

Footnotes

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Polish Olympic Committee, Pacelt Zbigniew , accessed January 9, 2011, ( WebCite archive ( January 9, 2011 memento on WebCite ))
↑ Lotnik Warszawa merged with Legia Warszawa in 1975
↑ Urząd Kultury Fizycznej i Sportu
↑ ^a ^b Website by Zbigniew Pacelt, Biogram ( Memento from January 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 9, 2011 ()
↑ Gazeta Podatnika, Stan majątkowy posłów PO za 2007 r. (część 9) , September 10, 2008 ( WebCite archive ( Memento from February 1, 2009 on WebCite ))
↑ Wirtualna Polska, Wiceminister sportu odwołany , November 22, 2008
↑ site of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Honorowi Obywatele miasta - Zbigniew Pacelt ( Memento of 7 January 2011 at the Internet Archive ), accessed 9 January 2011 ()

personal data
SURNAME	Pacelt, Zbigniew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish politician, member of the Sejm, pentathlon and swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH	August 26, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski

[olimpijski-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Polish Olympic Committee, Pacelt Zbigniew , accessed January 9, 2011, ( WebCite archive ( January 9, 2011 memento on WebCite ))

[2] Lotnik Warszawa merged with Legia Warszawa in 1975

[3] Urząd Kultury Fizycznej i Sportu

[biogram-4] Website by Zbigniew Pacelt, Biogram ( Memento from January 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 9, 2011 ()

[GP10-09-2008-5] Gazeta Podatnika, Stan majątkowy posłów PO za 2007 r. (część 9) , September 10, 2008 ( WebCite archive ( Memento from February 1, 2009 on WebCite ))

[WP22-11-2008-6] Wirtualna Polska, Wiceminister sportu odwołany , November 22, 2008

[ostrowiec-7] site of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Honorowi Obywatele miasta - Zbigniew Pacelt ( Memento of 7 January 2011 at the Internet Archive ), accessed 9 January 2011 ()