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A 1932 graduate of the [[Central Institute of Physical Education]] in [[Warsaw]], that same year Pławczyk became the European champion in the high jump with a height of 1.96m, having already been a three-time national record holder in the event. He won a bronze medal in the [[decathlon]] event at the [[1934 European Athletics Championships]] in [[Turin]], and placed sixth in the same event at the [[1938 European Athletics Championships]] in [[Vienna]]. He was a national champion on numerous occasions in the 1930s. In 1938, he moved to [[France]] and joined the [[French Army|army]] in 1940. From 1943 through 1948 he worked as a sports instructor in [[Vichy]], [[Paris]], and [[Rome]], later working as a salesman and teacher, before returning to Poland.<ref name ="Olympic">{{Cite web|title = Pławczyk Jerzy|publisher = [[Polish Olympic Committee]]|url = http://www.olimpijski.pl/pl/bio/1790,plawczyk-jerzy.html|accessdate = 2017-04-23|language=pl|year = 2017}}</ref> |
A 1932 graduate of the [[Central Institute of Physical Education]] in [[Warsaw]], that same year Pławczyk became the European champion in the high jump with a height of 1.96m, having already been a three-time national record holder in the event. He won a bronze medal in the [[decathlon]] event at the [[1934 European Athletics Championships]] in [[Turin]], and placed sixth in the same event at the [[1938 European Athletics Championships]] in [[Vienna]]. He was a national champion on numerous occasions in the 1930s. In 1938, he moved to [[France]] and joined the [[French Army|army]] in 1940. From 1943 through 1948 he worked as a sports instructor in [[Vichy]], [[Paris]], and [[Rome]], later working as a salesman and teacher, before returning to Poland.<ref name ="Olympic">{{Cite web|title = Pławczyk Jerzy|publisher = [[Polish Olympic Committee]]|url = http://www.olimpijski.pl/pl/bio/1790,plawczyk-jerzy.html|accessdate = 2017-04-23|language=pl|year = 2017}}</ref> |
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He Died in Haßloch municipality in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate. |
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Jerzy Pławczyk (16 April 1911 – after 1989)[1] was a Polish athlete who competed at 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics.
Biography
In 1932 in Los Angeles, he competed in the men's high jump event, where he placed joint-seventh out of fourteen competitors with a top height of 1.90m. In 1936 in Berlin he placed twenty-second and last in the same event with a height of 1.80m. He also finished ninth out of twenty-eight competitors in the decathlon event and set his personal best score. He was born in Dąbrowa Górnicza and was a member of the AZS Warszawa club.[2]
A 1932 graduate of the Central Institute of Physical Education in Warsaw, that same year Pławczyk became the European champion in the high jump with a height of 1.96m, having already been a three-time national record holder in the event. He won a bronze medal in the decathlon event at the 1934 European Athletics Championships in Turin, and placed sixth in the same event at the 1938 European Athletics Championships in Vienna. He was a national champion on numerous occasions in the 1930s. In 1938, he moved to France and joined the army in 1940. From 1943 through 1948 he worked as a sports instructor in Vichy, Paris, and Rome, later working as a salesman and teacher, before returning to Poland.[3]
He Died in Haßloch municipality in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate.
References
- ^ Kurzyński, Henryk (2010-01-19). "Ktokolwiek wie..." Wszystkie aktualności. Polish Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
- ^ Gjerde, Arild; Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon; Hilary Evans (2010). "Jerzy Pławczyk Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics. Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
- ^ "Pławczyk Jerzy" (in Polish). Polish Olympic Committee. 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- 1911 births
- Polish decathletes
- Olympic athletes of Poland
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- People from Dąbrowa Górnicza
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Sportspeople from Silesian Voivodeship
- Polish emigrants to France
- French military personnel of World War II
- Polish athletics biography stubs