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]
^Gjerde, Arild; Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon; Hilary Evans (2010). . Olympics. Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
jerzy, pławczyk, april, 1911, january, 2005, polish, athlete, competed, 1932, 1936, summer, olympics, medal, recordrepresenting, polandathleticseuropean, athletics, championships1934, turin, decathlonbiography, editin, 1932, angeles, competed, high, jump, even. Jerzy Plawczyk 16 April 1911 16 January 2005 1 was a Polish athlete who competed at 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics Jerzy Plawczyk Medal recordRepresenting PolandAthleticsEuropean Athletics Championships1934 Turin DecathlonBiography editIn 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 Dabrowa Gornicza 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 Plawczyk 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 References edit Jerzy Plawczyk at Olympedia Gjerde Arild Jeroen Heijmans Bill Mallon Hilary Evans 2010 Jerzy Plawczyk Biography and Olympic Results Olympics Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 2020 04 17 Retrieved 2010 05 31 Plawczyk Jerzy in Polish Polish Olympic Committee 2017 Retrieved 2017 04 23 nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to Polish athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jerzy Plawczyk amp oldid 1171624882, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
