Benedykt Kocot
Polish cyclist (born 1954)
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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]
.jpg) Kocot in 2014 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 11 April 1954 Chrząstowice, Poland | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
