Jan Gmyrek

January Gmyrek ( born March 2, 1951 in Kraków ) is a former Polish handball player who was most recently manager of the Lower Austrian provincial division SG Horn / Waidhofen and now is responsible for the youth work of the Lower Austrian regional league UHC Eggenburg.

In Poland, he played with the club Stal Mielec in 1980 January Gmyrek joined one of the first Polish player in the West. He played several years in Eggenburg ( Austria ), where he was able to repeatedly win the title of the Austrian scorer. He was in his time one of the best mid - construction player in the world and one of the best handball players in Austria. Especially awarded Ján Gmyrek with tricky Preview his teammates or his throws. At his time he was 79 kg hard at a height of 1.77 meters.

January Gmyrek took with the Polish National Team at the 1972 Olympic Games and 1976 Olympic Games in part; 1976 in Montreal, he won the bronze medal with his team. Overall, he threw 22 goals at the Olympics.

End of November 2008 was Gmyrek, elected at a gala of the Polish Handball Association on the occasion of its 90th founding day as the best mid - construction player in the Golden Team of the Polish Handball Association.