Stefan Kapłaniak
Polish sprint canoer (1933–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stefan Kapłaniak "Cenek" (10 April 1933 – 8 August 2021) was a Polish canoe sprinter who competed from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Rome in 1960.
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Born | 10 April 1933 Szczawnica, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 8 August 2021(2021-08-08) (aged 88) Chicago, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Kapłaniak also won two gold medals at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague, earning them in the K-1 500 m and K-2 500 m events.