Jan Jankiewicz (born 17 September 1955) is a retired Polish cyclist. In 1979 he won two silver medals in the road race at the World Cycling Championships, individually and with the Polish team.[1] He competed at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics in four events in total. In 1976, he finished in tenth and fifth place in the 4000 m pursuit, individually and with the Polish team, respectively. In 1980, he was fourth in the road race, but failed to reach the finish in the 100 km time trial.[2]
Jankiewicz had his best racing years between 1978 and 1980. Besides his two silver medals at the world championships, he won six stages of the Tour de Pologne, three in 1978 and three in 1979; in 1979, he also won one stage of the Peace Race. In 1980, he won three stages of the Milk Race and one stage of the Tour de Pologne.[1][3]
He is married to Marzena Jankiewicz. They have two daughters, Patrycja and Natalia, and live in Wrocław, where Jan works as an entrepreneur.[4]
jankiewicz, born, september, 1955, retired, polish, cyclist, 1979, silver, medals, road, race, world, cycling, championships, individually, with, polish, team, competed, 1976, 1980, summer, olympics, four, events, total, 1976, finished, tenth, fifth, place, 40. Jan Jankiewicz born 17 September 1955 is a retired Polish cyclist In 1979 he won two silver medals in the road race at the World Cycling Championships individually and with the Polish team 1 He competed at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics in four events in total In 1976 he finished in tenth and fifth place in the 4000 m pursuit individually and with the Polish team respectively In 1980 he was fourth in the road race but failed to reach the finish in the 100 km time trial 2 Jan JankiewiczJan Jankiewicz Gianni Giacomini and Bernd Drogan at the 1979 UCI Road World ChampionshipsPersonal informationBorn 1955 09 17 17 September 1955 age 68 Przedborowa PolandHeight1 79 m 5 ft 10 in Weight68 kg 150 lb Team informationDisciplineRoadRoleRiderProfessional teamLegia Warszawa RLKS WroclawMedal record Representing PolandWorld Championships1979 Valkenburg Amateur road race1979 Valkenburg Team time trialJankiewicz had his best racing years between 1978 and 1980 Besides his two silver medals at the world championships he won six stages of the Tour de Pologne three in 1978 and three in 1979 in 1979 he also won one stage of the Peace Race In 1980 he won three stages of the Milk Race and one stage of the Tour de Pologne 1 3 He is married to Marzena Jankiewicz They have two daughters Patrycja and Natalia and live in Wroclaw where Jan works as an entrepreneur 4 References edit a b Jan Jankiewicz munzinger de 5 January 1981 Jan Jankiewicz Archived 3 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine sports reference com Jan Jankiewicz radsportseiten net Jankiewicz Jan Archived 16 April 2013 at archive today Polish Olympic Committee olimpijski pl nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to Polish cycling is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jan Jankiewicz amp oldid 1171624183, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
