What is Stanisław Szozda?
'''Stanisław Szozda''' (25 September 1950 – 23 September 2013) was an elite Polish cyclist.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130924001631/www.washingtonpost.com/sports/stanislaw-szozda-olympic-medalist-and-former-world-cycling-champion-from-poland-dies-at-62/2013/09/23/b0a10a40-246e-11e3-9372-92606241ae9c_story.html Stanislaw Szozda, Olympic medalist and former world cycling champion from Poland, dies at 62], The Washington Post</ref> He was born in [[Dobromierz, Lower Silesian Voivodeship|Dobromierz]], but since 1959 up until his death he has been living in [[Prudnik]], where he graduated from primary school (1964) and agricultural engineering (1969). He started his career in the cycling club Zarzewie Prudnik. [[Franciszek Surmiński]] was his trainer there.<ref>[http://www.tygodnikprudnicki.pl/tygodnik-arty-9739-prudnik_nie_zyje_stanislaw_szozda.html PRUDNIK: NIE ŻYJE STANISŁAW SZOZDA], tygodnikprudnicki.pl</ref> He won two Olympic silver medals at the [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972]] and [[1976 Summer Olympics]]. He ended his career after a spinal injury caused by a fall during the 1978 Peace Race. Szozda died on 23 September 2013 at a hospital in [[Wrocław]], Poland from [[stomach cancer]], aged 62.<ref>[http://www.gazetawroclawska.pl/artykul/999121,stanislaw-szozda-nie-zyje-zmarl-wielki-kolarz-kiedy-pogrzeb-wspomnienia,id,t.html Stanisław Szozda nie żyje. Zmarł wielki kolarz.], www.gazetawroclawska.pl {{in lang|pl}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Szozda, Stanisław}} [[Category:1950 births]] [[Category:2013 deaths]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Poland]] [[Category:Polish cyclists]] [[Category:Deaths from stomach cancer]] {{sports-bio-stub}}