Jan Flinik (9 October 1932 in

Gniezno Gniezno (; ; ) is a city in central-western Poland, about east of Poznań. Its population in 2021 was 66,769, making it the sixth-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The city is the administrative seat of Gniezno County (''powiat'') ...

– 27 April 2017 in Gniezno) was a Polish

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player who competed in the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

and in the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

. He was part of the Polish field hockey team, which competed in the 1952 Olympic tournament. He played as forward in the only match for Poland in the main tournament as well as in one match in the consolation tournament. Eight years later in the 1960 Olympic tournament he played all four matches for Poland. Flinik died in his native city

on 27 April 2017 at the age of 84.Zmarł były hokeista na trawie Jan Flinik, dwukrotny uczestnik igrzysk

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1932 births 2017 deaths Polish male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Poland Field hockey players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1960 Summer Olympics Field hockey players from Gniezno 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-fieldhockey-bio-stub