Andrzej Szajna
Szajna in the 1970s | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1949-09-30)30 September 1949 Wrocław, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 22 January 2024(2024-01-22) (aged 74) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Zawisza Bydgoszcz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrzej Szajna (30 September 1949 – 22 January 2024) was a Polish artistic gymnast who won two individual bronze medals at the 1974 World Championships. He competed at the 1972, 1976, and 1980 Summer Olympics with the best individual result of sixth place all-around and on parallel bars in 1976.[1] At the European championships he shared gold medal on the floor with Nikolai Andrianov in 1975 and placed second on the vault behind Andrianov in 1971, 1973, and 1975.
Szajna was a family man with five daughters and two sons, who had refused several offers to move to another sports club in Poland or United States. He retired after winning five medals at the 1984 Polish championships, including two gold medals. Until 1989 he served with the Polish Army and later worked as a bodyguard. He remained active in gymnastics as a coach and referee.[2]
Andrej Szajna died on 22 January 2024, at the age of 74.[3]
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- 1955: Vladimír Prorok (TCH)
- 1957: William Thoresson (SWE)
- 1959: Ernst Fivian (SUI)
- 1961: Franco Menichelli (ITA)
- 1963: Franco Menichelli (ITA)
- 1965: Franco Menichelli (ITA)
- 1967: Olli Laiho (FIN)
- 1969: Raycho Khristov (BUL)
- 1971: Raycho Khristov (BUL)
- 1973: Nikolai Andrianov (URS)
- 1975: Nikolai Andrianov (URS)
- 1975: Andrzej Szajna (POL)
- 1977: Aleksandr Tkachyov (URS)
- 1979: Stoyan Deltchev (BUL)
- 1981: Yuri Korolyov (URS)
- 1981: Roland Brückner (GDR)
- 1983: Plamen Petkov (BUL)
- 1983: Yuri Korolyov (URS)
- 1985: Dmitry Bilozerchev (URS)
- 1987: Valeri Liukin (URS)
- 1989: Ihor Korobchynskyi (URS)
- 1990: Vitaly Scherbo (URS)
- 1992: Ihor Korobchynskyi (UKR)
- 1994: Ivan Ivanov (BUL)
- 1996: Vitaly Scherbo (BLR)
- 1998: Alexei Nemov (RUS)
- 2000: Marian Drăgulescu (ROU)
- 2002: Alexei Nemov (RUS)
- 2004: Marian Drăgulescu (ROU)
- 2005: Marian Drăgulescu (ROU)
- 2006: Anton Golotsutskov (RUS)
- 2007: Rafael Martínez (ESP)
- 2008: Anton Golotsutskov (RUS)
- 2009: Fabian Hambüchen (GER)
- 2010: Matthias Fahrig (GER)
- 2011: Flavius Koczi (ROM)
- 2012: Eleftherios Kosmidis (GRE)
- 2013: Max Whitlock (GBR)
- 2013: Alexander Shatilov (ISR)
- 2014: Denis Ablyazin (RUS)
- 2015: Kristian Thomas (GBR)
- 2016: Nikita Nagornyy (RUS)
- 2017: Marian Drăgulescu (ROU)
- 2018: Dominick Cunningham (GBR)
- 2019: Artur Dalaloyan (RUS)
- 2020: Artem Dolgopyat (ISR)
- 2021: Nikita Nagornyy (RUS)
- 2022: Artem Dolgopyat (ISR)
- 2023: Luke Whitehouse (GBR)
- 2024: Luke Whitehouse (GBR)
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