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Ryszard Oborski

Polish canoeist

Ryszard Oborski (born 2 May 1952 in Poznań) is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. He won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-2 500 m: 1974, K-4 500 m: 1977, K-4 1000 m: 1977), two silvers (K-4 1000 m: 1979, K-4 10000 m: 1981), and five bronzes (K-1 4 x 500 m: 1974, K-4 500 m: 1978, 1979; K-4 10000 m: 1974, 1983).

Oborski also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in the K-4 1000 m event at Moscow in 1980.

References

  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: fla*er (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of fla*er (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
  • Ryszard Oborski at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)