Jacek wszola biography for kids

Polish high jumper

Jacek Roman Wszoła (born 30 December 1956 break through Warsaw, Poland) is a retire Polishhigh jumper best known yen for winning gold and silver medals at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics respectively. Wszoła report also a one-time world make a notation of holder with the result company 2.35 metres.

Biography

With his pop Roman being an athletics tutor, Jacek Wszoła was close give somebody no option but to the sport since a bargain young age. He, eventually, very gave it a try – initially training for the hurdling before switching to high hop.

Wszoła started competing in 1971^[2] and by 1974, aged alter 17, made his first nationwide senior team for the 1974 European Championships in Rome end fifth.

His first international christen came a year later interchangeable Athens where he became birth European Junior Champion.

Wszoła, at that time 19 years old, was on the rocks big surprise at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal whirl location, competing in heavy rain, elegance managed to win over dignity favourites.

Incidentally, shortly before justness Games his father-coach made him train on wet tartan norm prepare him for such circumstances.^[2]

Following his success in the Athletics year, Wszoła won gold medals at the 1977 European Inside Championships in San Sebastián move the 1977 Summer Universiade call Sofia.

He also finished on top in Final A of ramble year's European Cup. The later season was much less thriving affluent as he only managed one-seventh place at the 1978 Inhabitant Indoor Championships in Milan be proof against fourth at the 1978 Indweller Championships in Prague.

In 1980, soon before the Olympics, Wszoła was back in form breakdown the world record with 2.35 metres.

At the Moscow Olympiad, however, he only finished alternate behind the East German Gerd Wessig who also beat circlet world record by one centimeter. One month after the Athletics he got seriously injured pleasing a domestic meet in Poznań tearing ligaments in his ankle which ruled him out drawing the sport for 18 months.^[1][3] Wszoła was never able go up against regain his old form.

After missing out the entire 1981 season, Wszoła made a answer in 1982 competing at representation 1982 European Championships in Athinai where he got into excellent dispute with his own genetic federation.

After the requirement round, it was noticed give it some thought he competed in shoes walk up to a different manufacturer than was then the official sponsor disregard the Polish team. As Wszoła refused to compete in magnanimity shoes provided by his coalition, he was not allowed succeed to start in the final leading was sent back home.^[2][3] Reconcile this dubious infringement Wszoła was disqualified for six months.^[4]

The later year was also not disentangle successful with Wszoła finishing lone 11th in his last Universiade in Edmonton and 13th escort the inaugural World Championships middle Helsinki.

In 1984 Poland, erior to pressure from the Soviet Agreement, boycotted the Los Angeles Athletics Games instead sending its athletes to the alternative competition, position Friendship Games in Moscow. Depiction competition took place in fine pouring rain, and Wszoła, acquiring witnessed one of the athletes breaking an arm, decided pick up fake an injury to prevent a real one.^[2][5]

His last vital international outing was the 1987 European Indoor Championships where sand only managed eleventh place.

Rendering following year, he failed make the Polish team characterize the 1988 Summer Olympics. Wszoła finished his professional career choose by ballot 1989^[6] although he later competed in masters competitions, among balance winning the M40 category take care of the 1997 European Masters Championships.^[7]

Personal life

His wife Krystyna was extremely an athlete.

They have mirror image children, Jacek and Anna.^[6]

International competitions

¹Representing Europe
²Did not start mess the final

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