Czesław Lang (born 17 May 1955 in

Kołczygłowy Kołczygłowy (; formerly german: Alt Kolziglow) is a village in Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northwestern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kołczygłowy. It lies approximately north-west of ...

) is a Polish former

road racing cyclist Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

. He was a bronze medalist at the

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in San Cristóbal and a silver medalist at the

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in Valkenburg, both in the men's amateur team time trial. He was also the winner of the 1980 edition of the

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. He competed for Poland at the

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in Montreal and the

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held in

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in the individual road race, where he finished in second place. Since 1993, he has been the Director of the

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* * 1955 births Living people Polish male cyclists Olympic cyclists of Poland Olympic silver medalists for Poland Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics People from Bytów County Kashubians Olympic medalists in cycling Sportspeople from Pomeranian Voivodeship Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics {{Poland-cycling-bio-stub