Benedykt Kocot

Benedykt Kocot
Kocot in 2014
Personal information
Born (1954-04-11) 11 April 1954
Chrząstowice, Poland
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Poland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1972 Munich2000 m Tandem

Benedykt Kocot (born 11 April 1954) is a Polish cyclist. He won the Olympic bronze medal in the Tandem at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich along with Andrzej Bek.[1][2][3]

Career

He won a bronze medal at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich in tandem cycling (with Andrzej Bek). He also won a bronze medal at the 1974 World Championships in Montreal in tandem cycling (with Bek) and a gold medal at the 1975 World Championships in Liège in the same event (with Janusz Kotliński). He was a five-time Polish sprint champion (1972, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980), a three-time runner-up in the sprint (1975) and the 1 km standing start (1972, 1976), and a two-time bronze medalist at the Polish Championships: in the sprint (1978) and the 1 km standing start (1974).

In 1972, he was awarded the Gold Cross of Merit.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Benedykt Kocot". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Benedykt Kocot". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  3. ↑ John Nauright; Charles Parrish (2012). Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. ABC-CLIO. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-59884-300-2.
  4. ↑ "Odznaczenia dla olimpijczyków". Nowiny. 264: 2. 23 September 1972.


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