Mieczysław Nowak
Nowak at the 1964 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 22 December 1936 Chomęcice, Wielkopolskie, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 17 May 2006 (69) Nowy Dwór Gdański, Pomorskie, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | LZS Wrocław Śląsk Wrocław WKS Flota Gdynia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Aleksander Machowski Augustyn Dziedzic Klemens Roguski[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mieczysław Nowak (22 December 1936 – 17 May 2006) was a Polish featherweight weightlifter. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and finished in third, fifth and seventh place, respectively. He won one gold (1970) and two silver medals (1965 and 1966) at world championships, and his Olympic bronze also counted as the world championships bronze in 1964. At the European championships, he won three gold (1965, 1966 and 1968), one silver (1970) and 1 bronze medals (1972). Nationally he won four titles (1965–1967, 1970) and set thirteen records.[1][2]
After retiring from competitions Nowak worked as a coach and a sports official.[3]
References
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- 1906: Daniel de Lapalud (SUI)
- 1910 (I): Emil Kliment (AUT)
- 1911 (I): Alfred Anschütz (GER)
- 1911 (II): Emil Kliment (AUT)
- 1911 (III): Rudolf Thamme (GER)
- 1911 (IV): Emil Kliment (AUT)
- 1913: Emil Kliment (AUT)
- 1920: Eugen Wiedmann (GER)
- 1922: Heinrich Graf (SUI)
- 1923: Andreas Stadler (AUT)
- 1937: Georg Liebsch (GER)
- 1938: Georg Liebsch (GER)
- 1946: Arvid Andersson (SWE)
- 1947: Robert Higgins (USA)
- 1949: Mahmoud Fayad (EGY)
- 1950: Mahmoud Fayad (EGY)
- 1951: Said Khalifa Gouda (EGY)
- 1953: Nikolay Saksonov (URS)
- 1954: Rafael Chimishkyan (URS)
- 1955: Rafael Chimishkyan (URS)
- 1957: Yevgeny Minayev (URS)
- 1958: Isaac Berger (USA)
- 1959: Marian Zieliński (POL)
- 1961: Isaac Berger (USA)
- 1962: Yevgeny Minayev (URS)
- 1963: Yoshinobu Miyake (JPN)
- 1964: Yoshinobu Miyake (JPN)
- 1965: Yoshinobu Miyake (JPN)
- 1966: Yoshinobu Miyake (JPN)
- 1968: Yoshinobu Miyake (JPN)
- 1969: Yoshiyuki Miyake (JPN)
- 1970: Mieczysław Nowak (POL)
- 1971: Yoshiyuki Miyake (JPN)
- 1972: Norair Nurikyan (BUL)
- 1973: Dito Shanidze (URS)
- 1974: Georgi Todorov (BUL)
- 1975: Georgi Todorov (BUL)
- 1976: Nikolay Kolesnikov (URS)
- 1977: Nikolay Kolesnikov (URS)
- 1978: Nikolay Kolesnikov (URS)
- 1979: Marek Seweryn (POL)
- 1980: Viktor Mazin (URS)
- 1981: Beloslav Manolov (BUL)
- 1982: Yurik Sarkisyan (URS)
- 1983: Yurik Sarkisyan (URS)
- 1984: Chen Weiqiang (CHN)
- 1985: Naum Shalamanov (BUL)
- 1986: Naum Shalamanov (BUL)
- 1987: Stefan Topurov (BUL)
- 1989: Naim Süleymanoğlu (TUR)
- 1990: Nikolaj Pešalov (BUL)
- 1991: Naim Süleymanoğlu (TUR)
- 1993: Naim Süleymanoğlu (TUR)
- 1994: Naim Süleymanoğlu (TUR)
- 1995: Naim Süleymanoğlu (TUR)
- 1997: Xiao Jiangang (CHN)
- 1998: Leonidas Sabanis (GRE)
- 1999: Le Maosheng (CHN)
- 2001: Henadzi Aliashchuk (BLR)
- 2002: Im Yong-su (PRK)
- 2003: Halil Mutlu (TUR)
- 2005: Qiu Le (CHN)
- 2006: Qiu Le (CHN)
- 2007: Yang Fan (CHN)
- 2009: Ding Jianjun (CHN)
- 2010: Kim Un-guk (PRK)
- 2011: Zhang Jie (CHN)
- 2013: Chen Lijun (CHN)
- 2014: Kim Un-guk (PRK)
- 2015: Chen Lijun (CHN)
- 2017: Francisco Mosquera (COL)
- 2018: Chen Lijun (CHN)
- 2019: Chen Lijun (CHN)
- 2021: Doston Yokubov (UZB)
- 2022: Francisco Mosquera (COL)
- 2023: Chen Lijun (CHN)
- 60 kg (1906–1991)
- 64 kg (1993–1997)
- 62 kg (1998–2017)
- 67 kg (2018–)
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