Helena Pilejczyk
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Birth name | Helena Majcher | ||||||||||||||
Born | Zieluń, Poland | 1 April 1931||||||||||||||
Died | 12 November 2023 Elbląg, Poland | (aged 92)||||||||||||||
Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Poland | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||
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Helena Pilejczyk (née Majcher; 1 April 1931 – 12 November 2023) was a Polish speed skater. Pilejczyk was the Olympic bronze medal winner in the 1,500 m in Squaw Valley (1960). Her first appearance at the Polish national Championships speed skating was in 1953,[1] while the last time she could be seen skating internationally was during the masters games of 2002, where she competed in the category for female skaters 70 years and above.[2] She achieved 40 Polish skating records and won 37 Polish titles for distance, allround and relay race events.[3] Pilejczyk died in Elbląg on 12 November 2023, at the age of 92.[4]
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References
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- ^ Przegląd Sportowy 1953-11, pp. 1,3. (5 February 1953)
- ^ "Deutsche Eisschnelllauf- und Shorttrack-Gemeinschaft e.V."
- ^ "PILEJCZYK (MAJCHER) HELENA". pkol.pl. Polish Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 29 January 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
- ^ Zmarła Helena Pilejczyk (in Polish)
- Bibliography
- Eng, Trond and Koolhaas, Marnix. National All Time & Encyclopedia, Men/Ladies as at 1 July 1986. Issue No.5 "Eastern Europe". Degernes, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1986.
- Żemantowski, Jacek. Lyżwiarski Jubileusz: 80 lat Polski Związek Lyżwiarstwa Szybkiego. Warszawa, Poland: PZLS, 2001.
- Zieleśkiewicz, Władysław. Encyklopedia sportów zimowych. Warszawa, Poland: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 2001. ISBN 83-01-13555-7.
External links
[edit]- Helena Pilejczyk at Olympics.com
- Helena Pilejczyk at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Helena Pilejczyk at mosir.elblag.eu (in Polish)
Categories:
- 1931 births
- 2023 deaths
- Polish female speed skaters
- Olympic speed skaters for Poland
- Olympic bronze medalists for Poland
- Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in speed skating
- People from Żuromin County
- Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Sportspeople from Masovian Voivodeship
- 20th-century Polish sportswomen
- Polish speed skating biography stubs
- Winter Olympic medalist stubs