Stefan Kapłaniak

Stefan Kapłaniak

Stefan Kapłaniak as a Men's K-2 1000 metres medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Personal information
Born	10 April 1933 Szczawnica, Poland
Died	8 August 2021(2021-08-08) (aged 88) Chicago, U.S.
Medal record Men's canoe sprint Olympic Games 1960 Rome K-2 1000 m World Championships 1958 Prague K-1 500 m 1958 Prague K-2 500 m

Stefan Kapłaniak "Cenek" (10 April 1933 – 8 August 2021) was a Polish canoe sprinter who competed from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Rome in 1960.

Kapłaniak also won two gold medals at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague, earning them in the K-1 500 m and K-2 500 m events.

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010)
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009)
• (in Polish) Profile at Polish Olympic Committee website

External links

• Stefan Kapłaniak at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)