Maciej Chizovic ( Polish: Maciej Tomasz Czyżowicz ; born January 28, 1962 , Szczecin , West Pomeranian Voivodeship , Poland ) - Polish pentathlete , Olympic champion, medalist of the World and European Championships [1] .
| Maciej Chizovic | |
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| Floor | male |
| Full name | polish Maciej Tomasz Czyżowicz |
| A country |  Poland |
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| Date of Birth | January 28, 1962 (57 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Szczecin , Poland |
| Growth | 176 cm |
| Weight | 72 kg |
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Biography
Maciej Tomasz Chizovic was born on January 28, 1962 in Szczecin , in the family of Boleslav and Genevieve Pelarskei ( Polish. Pielarskiej ). He graduated from the local school in 1981, after which he studied for two years at a medical college in Zielona Gora (specialty is a physiotherapist). He began playing sports at the age of seven, when he began to go to the local pool with his father. After some time, he began to practice pentathlon , which he learned about while watching the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal . Impressed by this sport, Maciej Chizovic remained after the performance of the Polish athlete Janusz Pytsyak-Petsyak, who won the gold medal in the modern pentathlon. In 1988, due to depression caused by unsuccessful performances, he left sports and left for the USA . The first significant medal in his asset was bronze, which was obtained in team competitions at the 1990 World Modern Pentathlon Championships . Later he became the owner of medals of various denominations at the European Championships of 1991, 1997, as well as the World Championships of 1991, 1994/95/96 [2] .
In 2017, the Polish Olympic Committee held various events in Polish cities, which was timed to coincide with the first Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 . At the same time, honoring athletes was held, who 25 years ago quite successfully performed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona . Maciej Chizovic was invited to the celebration [3] .
Olympic appearances
The only successful Olympic competitions in Chizovich's career were the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona . With a result of 16,018 gold in the team competitions in modern pentathlon was won by the Polish team ( Arkadiusz Skrshipashek , Dariusz Gozdzyak , Maciej Chizovic). The second place was taken by the Joint Team (15.924), and the third Italian team (15.760) [4] [5] .
Note
- ↑ Maciej Czyżowicz | PZPNow (pl-PL), PZPNow . Date of appeal October 16, 2017.
- ↑ Polski Komitet Olimpijski. Biografie • Polski Komitet Olimpijski (Polish) . www.olimpijski.pl. Date of appeal October 16, 2017.
- ↑ Polish Olympic Committee holds 53rd edition of Central Inauguration of the Olympians' Days (1492332180). Date of appeal October 16, 2017.
- ↑ Modern Pentathlon at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Team . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Date of appeal October 16, 2017.
- ↑ George Constable. XXV Olympiad: Barcelona 1992, Lillehammer 1994 . - Warwick Press Inc., 2015-11-18. - 667 p. - ISBN 9781987944228 .
Links
- Maciej Chizovic - statistics on the website Uipmworld.org
- Maciej Chizovic - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Maciej Chizovic - Olympic statistics on the website Olympic.org