Jerzy Janusz Opara (born 21 July 1948)[1] is a Polish sprint canoeist who competed in the 1970s. He was born in Warsaw. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the C-2 500 m event at Montreal in 1976. Opara also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two silvers (C-1 1000 m: 1970, C-2 1000 m: 1974) and two bronzes (C-2 500 m: 1973, C-2 1000 m: 1977).
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1976 Montreal | C-2 500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1970 Copenhagen | C-1 1000 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1974 Mexico City | C-2 1000 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1973 Tampere | C-2 500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1977 Sofia | C-2 1000 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Jerzy Janusz Opara". Polish Olympic Committee. 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jerzy Opara". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-06.
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