Wojciech Sławomir Kurpiewski (16 February 1966 – 8 October 2016) was a Polish

canoe sprint Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...

er who competed from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Kurpiewski was born in

Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki (pronounced ), often simply referred to as Nowy Dwór, is a town in east-central Poland in the Masovian Voivodeship with ca. 28500 inhabitants (2021). It is the capital of Nowy Dwór County, Masovian Voivodeship, Nowy Dwór ...

. Competing in two

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, he won a silver medal in the K-2 500 m event at

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1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

. Kurpiewski also won five medals at the

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with three silvers (K-2 500 m:

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

, K-4 500 m:

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

, K-4 1000 m:

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

) and two bronzes (K-2 500 m: 1989, K-4 1000 m:

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

). He died at the age of 50 on 8 October 2016.

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1966 births Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 2016 deaths Olympic canoeists for Poland Olympic silver medalists for Poland Polish male canoeists Olympic medalists in canoeing People from Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Canoeists from Masovian Voivodeship Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-Olympic-medalist-stub