 Tadeusz Mytnik in 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 13 August 1949 Nowice, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | WKS Flota Gdynia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tadeusz Mytnik (born 13 August 1949) is a retired Polish cyclist. He had his best achievements in the 100 km team time trial. In this event he won a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics[1] as well as two gold and one bronze medals at the world championships in 1973, 1975 and 1977. Individually, he won the Tour de Pologne in 1975,[2] Tour of Małopolska in 1978, Flèche d'Or in 1981, and Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich in 1983.[3] In 2010 he was awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta.[4]
After retiring from competitions he ran a bicycle shop in Gdynia and organized cycling races. He is married to Wiesława Mytnik; they have two children, Marcin (born 1976) and Agnieszka (born 1979).[5]
