Name Wojciech Kurpiewski | Role Olympic athlete | |
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Olympic medals Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 500 metres People also search for Maciej Freimut, Kay Bluhm, Torsten Gutsche, Antonio Rossi, Bruno Dreossi | ||
Wojciech Sławomir Kurpiewski (16 February 1966 – 8 October 2016) was a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Kurpiewski was born in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki.
Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-2 500 m event at Barcelona in 1992.
Kurpiewski also won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three silvers (K-2 500 m: 1993, K-4 500 m: 1987, K-4 1000 m: 1989) and two bronzes (K-2 500 m: 1989, K-4 1000 m: 1986). He died at the age of 50 on 8 October 2016.
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