Henryk Kowalski (cyclist) explained

Henryk Kowalski
Birth Date:17 July 1933
Birth Place:Turzysk, Poland
Death Place:Gdańsk, Poland
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Proyears1:1954–1955
Proteam1:Budowlani Warszawa
Proyears2:1956
Proteam2:Stal Stocznia
Proyears3:1957–1970
Proteam3:KK Lechia Gdańsk
Majorwins:Stage races

Tour de Pologne (1957, 1961)

1 individual stage (1959)

Vuelta a Cuba (1967)

Henryk Kowalski (17 July 1933 – 11 July 2021) was a Polish road cyclist.

Born in Turzysk in the Second Polish Republic Kowalski will have been forced to move westwards after World War II due to the changing of borders and expulsion of local populations, with his hometown being given to Ukraine. Kowalski started cycling professionally with Budowlani Warszawa between 1954–1955, spent a short spell with Stal Stocznia in 1956, before spending the majority of his career with KK Lechia Gdańsk between 1957–1970. It was while with Lechia he enjoyed his greatest success, winning the Tour de Pologne twice, in 1957 and 1961.[1] and winning the Vuelta a Cuba in 1967.[2] Kowalski died in Gdańsk aged 88, and is buried in the Żydowski cemetery in Chełm, Gdańsk.[3]

Major results

1957
  • 1st Berlin–Cottbus–Berlin
  • 1st Overall Tour de Pologne
    1959
  • 1st Stage 1 Tour de Pologne
    1961
  • 1st Overall Tour de Pologne
    1963
  • 2nd GANEFO Games
    1967
  • 1st Overall Vuelta a Cuba

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Tour de Pologne . 28 March 2015 . Cycling Archives.
    2. Web site: Vuelta a Cuba . 28 March 2015 . Cycling Archives.
    3. Web site: zmarł Henryk Kowalski . pzkol.pl . 21 July 2021.