Jozef Kupczak
Józef Kupczak (born 5 May 1917 in Kosma, died April 5, 1999 in Kraków) is a Polish cyclist, six-time Polish champion, cyclist trainer. Father of riders Ryszard Kupczak and Jerzy. Sports career
He was a member of Legia Kraków, Garbarni and Włókniarz Cracow. His successes were both before and after World War II. He won the Polish championship four times in the sprint, including the last before World War II and the first, after the war, (1938, 1946, 1948, 1953), twice in the team race for 4000 m for the investigation (1946, 1952). In the sprint he also won two vice-championships (1937, 1949) and three bronze medals of the MP (1947, 1950, 1952). In 1954 he also won the bronze medal in the long-distance race track. The first and last medal of the Polish championship was 17 years old.
In 1938 and 1939 he represented Poland at the world championship, but dropped in both starts in the sprint elimination.
After completing his career he worked as a coach at Cracovia and in the 1950s also with the Polish national team of trackers. Bibliography
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