Leszek Robert Blanik[1] (born 1 March 1977 in Wodzisław Śląski) is a Polish gymnast, World and Olympic champion in vault. He was the first to perform a handspring double front vault in piked position which now has been named after him.[2]
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leszek, blanik, leszek, robert, blanik, born, march, 1977, wodzisław, Śląski, polish, gymnast, world, olympic, champion, vault, first, perform, handspring, double, front, vault, piked, position, which, been, named, after, personal, informationfull, nameleszek,. Leszek Robert Blanik 1 born 1 March 1977 in Wodzislaw Slaski is a Polish gymnast World and Olympic champion in vault He was the first to perform a handspring double front vault in piked position which now has been named after him 2 Leszek BlanikPersonal informationFull nameLeszek Robert BlanikCountry represented PolandBorn 1977 03 01 1 March 1977 age 47 Wodzislaw Slaski PolandHometownGdanskDisciplineMen s artistic gymnasticsLevelSenior InternationalClubAZS AWFiS GdanskHead coach es Andrey LevitAssistant coach es Piotr MikolajekMedal record Olympic Games2008 Beijing Vault2000 Sydney VaultWorld Championships2007 Stuttgart Vault2002 Debrecen Vault2005 Melbourne VaultWorld Cup Final2002 Stuttgart VaultEuropean Championships2008 Lausanne Vault2004 Ljubljana Vault Contents 1 Olympics 2 World championships 3 Awards 4 References 5 External linksOlympics editBlanik picked up a bronze in vault at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney 3 On 18 August 2008 he won the gold medal in men s vault at the Olympics in Beijing becoming the first Polish Olympic champion in a gymnastics event World championships editBlanik won a gold medal in vault at the 2007 World Championships in Stuttgart earning him an individual berth to the 2008 Beijing Olympics He also has two World silver medals from 2002 in Debrecen and 2005 in Melbourne Awards editFor his sport achievements Blanik received nbsp Knight s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta 5th Class in 2008 nbsp Golden Cross of Merit in 2000 References edit Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Leszek Blanik Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 2016 12 04 Leszek Blanik International Gymnast Archived from the original on 2008 08 21 Retrieved August 8 2008 2000 Summer Olympics Sydney Australia Gymnastics databaseOlympics com Archived from the original on 2008 08 23 Retrieved April 4 2008 External links editOfficial website at the Wayback Machine archived December 29 2011 Leszek BLANIK at the International Gymnastics Federation Blanik vault animation nbsp This biographical article related to a Polish artistic gymnast is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Polish Olympic medalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leszek Blanik amp oldid 1198310068, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
