Barbara Piecha
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| Full name | Barbara Piecha-Gawior | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 March 1949 (age 76) Katowice, Śląskie, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | GKS Katowice | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Barbara Piecha (born 4 March 1949)[1] is a Polish luger who competed during the early 1970s. She was born in Katowice. She won two medals in the women's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with a gold in 1970 and a bronze in 1971. She competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics and the 1976 Winter Olympics.[2] Piecha also won a bronze medal in the women's singles at the 1971 FIL European Luge Championships in Imst, Austria.
References
- ^ "Barbara Piecha-Gawior". Polish Olympic Committee. 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Barbara Piecha". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
Full name: Barbara Piecha (-Gawior)
External links
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
- List of European luge champions (in German)
- SportQuick.com information on World champions in luge (in French)
- Barbara Piecha at Olympedia
- Barbara Piecha at Olympics.com
- Barbara Piecha-Gawior at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (in Polish) (archive)