Ryszard Marchlik (born 3 November 1939) is a Polish
sprint canoer who competed in the 1960s. Competing in three
Summer Olympics
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, he earned his best finish of fourth in the
K-1 4 × 500 m event at
Rome
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in
1960
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Events January
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References
Sports-reference.com profile
External links
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1939 births
Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Living people
Polish male canoeists
Olympic canoeists for Poland
Sportspeople from Chełm
20th-century Polish sportsmen
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