Zygmunt Antoni Smalcerz (born 8 June 1941) is a retired Polish weightlifter who won the gold medal in the flyweight class at the 1972 Olympics. He also competed at the 1976 Games but had to withdraw due to injury.[1]
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Born | 8 June 1941 (1941-06-08) (age 81) Bestwinka, Śląskie, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | AZS Warszawa Legia Warszawa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 2002 he was elected member of the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame.[2]
He was the head coach of the Polish weightlifting team for the run-up and including the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[1]
From 2010 through 2017, he was the resident weightlifting coach at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.
As of 2020, he works as the Head Coach of the Norwegian Weightlifting Federation.
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World Champions in Weightlifting – Men's Flyweight | |
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Sportspersonality of The Year |
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Team of The Year |
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