- Helena Pilejczyk
Helena Pilejczyk (born
1 April 1931 inZieluń ,Poland as Helena Majcher), is a Polish speed skater with a remarkable long career.Helena Pilejczyk is best known as Olympic Bronze Medal winner on the 1,500 m in Squaw Valley (1960), but the length of her career might be a bigger claim to fame. Her first appearance at the Polish national Championships speedskating was - as far as we can research at the moment - in
1953 [Przegląd Sportowy 1953-11, pp. 1,3. (05-02-1953)] , the last time she could be seen skating internationally was during the masters games of 2002, were she competed in the category for female skaters 70 years and above. [http://www.desg.de/?page_id=813&anzeige=result&eventresultID=3109 www.desg.de] In her long career she skated 40 Polish records and won 37 Polish titles on distance, allround andrelay race events. [http://www.pkol.pl/pl/subpages/displayfid/294_2146.html Polish Olympic Commitee]Results
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Bibliography
* Eng, Trond and Koolhaas, Marnix. "National All Time & Encyclopedia, Men/Ladies as at 1.7.1986. Issue No.5 "Eastern Europe". Degernes, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1986.
* Żemantowski, Jacek. "Lyżwiarski Jubileusz: 80 lat Polski Związek Lyżwiarstwa Szybkiego". Warszawa, Poland: PZLS, 2001. ISBN 83-907548-0-2.
* Zieleśkiewicz, Władysław. "Encyklopedia sportów zimowych". Warszawa, Poland: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 2001. ISBN 83-01-13555-7.External links
* [http://www.skateresults.com/skater/show/846 Helena Pilejczyk at SkateResults.com]
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