What is Ryszard Szurkowski?
[[File:Ryszard Szurkowski 2012.jpg|right|200px]] '''Ryszard Jan Szurkowski''' (12 January 1946 – 1 February 2021) was a Polish [[road bicycle]] racer. Szurkowski was born in [[Świebodów]], [[Poland]]. He won two Olympic silver medals at the [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972]] and [[1976 Summer Olympics]]. He won two gold medals at the [[UCI Road World Championships]] in 1973 and 1975. Szurkowski died on 1 February 2021 at a hospital in [[Radom]], Poland from [[pneumonia]] caused by [[lung cancer]], aged 75.<ref>[https://sport.tvp.pl/52073332/zmarl-ryszard-szurkowski-najbardziej-utytulowany-polski-kolarz Zmarł Ryszard Szurkowski, najbardziej utytułowany polski kolarz. Miał 75 lat] {{in lang|pl}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Szurkowski, Ryszard}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Poland]] [[Category:Polish cyclists]] [[Category:Deaths from lung cancer]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] {{sports-bio-stub}}