Jan Bochenek

January Bochenek ( born September 20, 1931 in Wołczkowo at Stanisławów, † November 2, 2011 in Łódź) was a Polish weightlifter.

Career

January Bochenek grew up in Warsaw and came as a teenager with weight-lifting. After being drafted into the army, he made ​​good progress and soon launched at the Polish Championships. He was a member of Legia Warsaw and was trained by Klemens Roguski and August Dziedzic. While the Polish weightlifting at the beginning of the 1950s, virtually non-existent, under the then political system soon so good conditions were created that Polish weightlifters within 5 years reached the advanced world class. From this system, Jan Bochenek benefited greatly, because in 1956 he won the European Championships in Helsinki a medal in the middleweight division. By 1962, he belonged to the world top middleweight and light weight.

January Bochenek was an officer in the Polish armed forces.

International success

Polish Championships

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