page_title: Ryszard Szurkowski
hierarchical_section_title: Ryszard Szurkowski
caption_attribution_description: English: Ryszard Szurkowski medal &amp; autograph in Avenue of Sport Stars Dziwnów
context_page_description: Ryszard Jan Szurkowski is a retired road bicycle racer from Poland.
  He won twice Olympic silver medal in team time trial at Munich 1972 and Montreal 1976.
  Szurkowski won three gold medals and silver one in World Cycling Amateur Championships at Barcelona 1973, Montreal 1974, and Mettet 1975.
  He won four times a cycling event The Peace Race in 1970, 1971, 1973, and 1975 and Dookoła Mazowsza in 1977 and 1978.
  His son, Norbert, died in the September 11 attacks.
  In 2018, Szurkowski crashed during a bike race in Germany at 40 km/h. He suffered serious injuries, incl. crushed spinal cord that left him paralyzed. After 5 months of therapy, he regained some of the sensation in his toes.
context_section_description: Ryszard Jan Szurkowski (born 12 January 1946 in Świebodów) is a retired road bicycle racer from Poland.
  He won twice Olympic silver medal in team time trial at Munich 1972 and Montreal 1976.
  Szurkowski won three gold medals and silver one in World Cycling Amateur Championships at Barcelona 1973, Montreal 1974, and Mettet 1975.
  He won four times a cycling event The Peace Race in 1970, 1971, 1973, and 1975 and Dookoła Mazowsza in 1977 and 1978.
  His son, Norbert, died in the September 11 attacks.
  In 2018, Szurkowski crashed during a bike race in Germany at 40 km/h. He suffered serious injuries, incl. crushed spinal cord that left him paralyzed. After 5 months of therapy, he regained some of the sensation in his toes.
caption: Copy of R. Szurkowski medal and autograph in  Sports Star Avenue in Dziwnów
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