Ryszard Skowronek

Ryszard Skowronek (born 1 May 1949 in Jelenia Góra, Dolnośląskie) is a retired decathlete from Poland. He set his personal best in the event (8208 points) on 21 June 1973 at a meet in Warsaw.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Points
1972	Olympic Games	Munich, West Germany	DNF
1973	Universiade	Moscow, Soviet Union	1st
1974	European Championships	Rome, Italy	1st	8207
1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada	5th	8113

References

European champions in men's decathlon

1934: Hans-Heinrich Sievert (GER)
1938: Olle Bexell (SWE)
1946: Godtfred Holmvang (NOR)
1950: Ignace Heinrich (FRA)
1954–62: Vasili Kuznetsov (URS)
1966: Werner von Moltke (FRG)
1969–71: Joachim Kirst (GDR)
1974: Ryszard Skowronek (POL)
1978: Aleksandr Grebenyuk (URS)
1982–86: Daley Thompson (GBR)
1990: Christian Plaziat (FRA)
1994: Alain Blondel (FRA)
1998: Erki Nool (EST)
2002–06: Roman Šebrle (CZE)
2010: Romain Barras (FRA)
2012: Pascal Behrenbruch (GER)
2014: Andrei Krauchanka (BLR)

Summer Universiade champions in men's decathlon

At the first ever Summer Universiade in 1959 the men competed in the pentathlon.

1959–1961: Vasili Kuznetsov (URS) 1963: Manfred Pflugbeil (FRG) 1965: Bill Toomey (USA) 1967: Hans-Joachim Walde (FRG) 1970: Mykola Avilov (URS) 1973: Ryszard Skowronek (POL) 1975–1979: Sepp Zeilbauer (AUT) 1981: Aleksandr Shablenko (URS) 1983: Dave Steen (CAN) 1985: Mike Ramos (USA) 1987: Siegfried Wentz (FRG) 1989: Dave Johnson (USA) 1991: Steve Fritz (USA) 1993: Sébastien Levicq (FRA) 1995: Dezső Szabó (HUN) 1997: Roman Šebrle (CZE) 1999 – 2001: Raúl Duany (CUB) 2003: Romain Barras (FRA) 2005: Aliaksandr Parkhomenka (BLR) 2007: Jacob Minah (GER) 2009: Mikalai Shubianok (BLR) 2011: Vasiliy Kharlamov (RUS) 2013: Thomas van der Plaetsen (BEL) 2015: Thomas van der Plaetsen (BEL)

World best year performance in men's decathlon

1970: Rüdiger Demmig (GDR)
1971: Kurt Bendlin (FRG)
1972: Mykola Avilov (URS)
1973: Lennart Hedmark (SWE)
1974: Ryszard Skowronek (POL)
1975–1976: Bruce Jenner (USA)
1977: Aleksandr Grebenyuk (URS)
1978–1980: Guido Kratschmer (FRG)
1981: Rainer Pottel (GDR)
1982: Daley Thompson (GBR)
1983: Jürgen Hingsen (FRG)
1984: Daley Thompson (GBR)
1985: Torsten Voss (GDR)
1986: Daley Thompson (GBR)
1987: Torsten Voss (GDR)
1988: Christian Plaziat (FRA)
1989: Dave Johnson (USA)
1990: Christian Plaziat (FRA)
1991–1993: Dan O'Brien (USA)
1994: Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR)
1995–1996: Dan O'Brien (USA)
1997: Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)
1998: Dan O'Brien (USA)
1999–2000: Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)
2001–2004: Roman Šebrle (CZE)
2005–2006: Bryan Clay (USA)
2007: Roman Šebrle (CZE)
2008: Bryan Clay (USA)
2009: Trey Hardee (USA)
2010: Bryan Clay (USA)
2011–2013: Ashton Eaton (USA)
2014: Andrei Krauchanka (BLR)

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