Czesław Kwieciński

Czesław Kwieciński ( born January 20, 1943 in Romaškiai, Rajongemeinde Kaunas, Lithuania ) is a former Polish wrestler. He won one bronze medal in Greco-Roman at the Olympic Games in 1972 and 1976. Style in the light heavyweight division.

Career

Czesław Kwieciński was deported by the Soviet secret NKVD along with his parents in 1948 to Siberia. There he grew up and began as a teenager with the rings. Only at the age of 16, he returned to Poland and was established in Piotrcovil. There he continued his wrestling and was trained by Eugeniusz Kierusz. In 1962, he joined the sports club SILY Misłowice, where he served until the end of his career. Throughout his long career, the coach, with whom he collaborated changed several times. There were, inter alia, Ernest Gondzik Jan Stawowski and Janusz Tracewski.

In 1964, Czesław Kwieciński as a Polish junior champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in the middleweight division (then to 87 kg body weight) used in the Olympic Games in Tokyo. There he reached the 16th place in the middleweight division. He had, however, in Vyacheslav Oleinik from the USSR and Lothar Metz from Rostock enormously heavy enemy against which he, not surprisingly, lost.

As early as next year surprised Czesław Kwieciński at the World Championships in Tampere, Finland by winning the World Cup bronze medal, which he made ​​sure with a win over the Yugoslavs Josip Corak. Against Per Svensson from Sweden and Ferenc Kiss from Hungary, he had to suffer defeats.

Over the next three years, he did not reach medal places in the world or European championships and also at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. In Mexico City, he was a light heavyweight on the 7th Place. In 1969, he was with no international championships at the start. Followed in 1970 then after a 6th place at the European Championships in Berlin with the 2nd place in the light heavyweight division at the World Championships in Edmonton, Canada the next big success in the career of Czesław Kwieciński. He won in Edmonton, inter alia, about the strong Eastern Bloc Ringer Venko Tsintsarow from Bulgaria, László Sillai from Hungary and Josip Corak. In the final battle he lost time in this weight class and style outstanding Soviet athlete Valery Resanzew.

In 1972, Czesław Kwieciński participated in Munich already on his third Olympic Games. For the first time, he won the bronze medal while an Olympic medal. It is worth noting were his victories over Stojan Nikolov of Bulgaria and the draw against Josip Corak and Lothar Metz. Counter Valeri Resanzew he had but again no chance.

Also in 1973 he succeeded again a great success. In Tehran, he was again as early as 1970 vice-champion at light heavyweight. After victories over Stojan Nikolov, Károly Bajkó from Hungary and Romania Nicolae Neguţ he lost it in the final again against Valeri Resanzew.

Until 1976, it then no longer reach medal winnings. But at least he came at the European Championships in 1974 and 1975 respectively on the 4th Place. At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal but he secured a bronze medal for the second time. Stojan Nikolov and Valeri Resanzew were placed there before him.

Czesław Kwieciński was a paragon of energy and ambition, which was reflected in the following four years, where he continues competed in many World and European Championships. Meanwhile, he met a whole new generation of world-class wrestlers, which he usually delivers great battles, but had to acknowledge, however, that the youth gained supremacy. These young wrestlers were especially Frank Andersson from Sweden, Igor Kanygin from the Soviet Union and Norbert Növenyi from Hungary.

In 1978 he succeeded at the European Championships in Oslo, where he finished in 6th place, a prestige victory over Olympic champion from 1972 middleweight Csaba Hegedus from Hungary and in the same year he came again to an excellent fourth at the World Championships in Mexico City Place.

In 1980 he started in Moscow for the fifth time in the Olympic Games. He was there, however, the bad luck that he met after a win in the first round of the Mongols Jamysing boron on Frank Andersson and Igor Kanygin against which he lost, was eliminated and finished only 11th in the final bill.

Then Czesław Kwieciński entered, now 37 years old, from the International Sports Ringer back. He worked in the next few years as a sports teacher in Mysłowice and was honored on the occasion of his 65th birthday of this city with the awarding of honorary citizen.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greek and Roman. Styles, Mi = middleweight until 1968-87 kg body weight, Hs = light heavyweight until 1968-97 kg from 1969 up to 90 kg body weight )

Polish Championships

Czesław Kwieciński was in the 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978 and 1979 Polish champion in the light heavyweight division.

Swell

• International Wrestling Championships FILA, 1976, pages O -76, W -66, E- 30, F -72, E -54, W -76, O -83, E -78, W- 85ö, E -87, O -96, E -95, W -114, E -00, W -123, W -128, O- 101,
• Journal The wrestler, paragraphs 5 /1978, pages 7/8, 9 /1978, page 7, 9/ 1979, pages 8, 11/ 1977, 13, 5/ 1980 page 8 and 8/1980, page 7,
• International Wrestling Database of the Institute for Applied Training Science at the University of Leipzig