Helena Pilejczyk (née Majcher; 1 April 1931 – 12 November 2023) was a Polish speed skater. Pilejczyk was the Olympic bronze medal winner in the 1,500 m in Squaw Valley (1960). Her first appearance at the Polish national Championships speed skating was in 1953, while the last time she could be seen skating internationally was during the masters games of 2002, where she competed in the category for female skaters 70 years and above. She achieved 40 Polish skating records and won 37 Polish titles for distance, allround and relay race events. Pilejczyk died in Elbląg on 12 November 2023, at the age of 92.Zmarła Helena Pilejczyk

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;Notes ;Bibliography * Eng, Trond and Koolhaas, Marnix. ''National All Time & Encyclopedia, Men/Ladies as at 1 July 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. * Zieleśkiewicz, Władysław. ''Encyklopedia sportów zimowych''. Warszawa, Poland: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 2001. .

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Helena Pilejczyk at mosir.elblag.eu
1931 births 2023 deaths Polish female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Poland Olympic bronze medalists for Poland Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in speed skating People from Żuromin County Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta Sportspeople from Masovian Voivodeship 20th-century Polish sportswomen {{Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub