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It is off yesterday'' s age 82 years old Franciszek Gasienica Gron, the first Polish athlete who won a medal in the Winter Olympics.
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Born September 30, 1931 in Zakopane, Gasienica Gron during adolescence'' he devoted himself in many sports: alpine skiing, cross country skiing, table tennis and archery. Then, once in the army, he practiced successfully swimming and soccer.
During his military service in the military played football league as a partner in attack Ernest Pohl, in the future destined to score 39 goals with the beauty of the Polish national football team between mid- the years'' 50 and half of 60''.
Gasienica Gron after his military service he returned Zakopane and in 1954 was persuaded by'' Marian coach Orlewicz to engage in the Nordic combined. Just in this discipline has written the history of the sport as Polish Cortina d'' Ampezzo in 1956 won the bronze medal in the individual competition.
That was the first medal of Poland in the history of the Winter Olympic Games. In the 58 years following it came the other 19 and curiously in this 2014, the Central European nation has archived edition of the best ever in the Games of snow and ice, winning 6 medals including 4 gold d''.
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