Jerzy Opara

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Silver	1976 Montreal	C-2 500 m
World Championships
Silver	1970 Copenhagen	C-1 1000 m
Silver	1974 Mexico City	C-2 1000 m
Bronze	1973 Tampere	C-2 500 m
Bronze	1977 Sofia	C-2 1000 m

Jerzy Janusz Opara (born August 21, 1948 in Warsaw) is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the C-2 500 m event at Montreal in 1976.

Opara also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two silvers (C-1 1000 m: 1970, C-2 1000 m: 1974) and two bronzes (C-2 500 m: 1973, C-2 1000 m: 1977).

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
• Sports-reference.com profile

Persondata
Name	Opara, Jerzy
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	August 21, 1948
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death