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Rafał Wilk
Polish Paralympic cyclist
Rafał Wilk (born 9 December 1974 in Łańcut) is a Paralympic handcyclist and former speedway rider from Poland.[2]
Wilk as a speedway rider | |
| Born | (1974-12-09) 9 December 1974 (age 49) Łańcut, Poland |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Polish |
| Career history | |
| Poland | |
| 1991-1996, 1999-2000 2002-2004 | Rzeszów |
| 1997 | Łódź |
| 1998 | Gniezno |
| 2001, 2005-2006 | Krosno |
| Denmark | |
| 2004 | Brovst |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Road cycling | ||
Representing  Poland | ||
| Paralympic Games | ||
 | 2012 London | Men's road time trial H3[1] |
| 2012 London | Men's road race H3[1] |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Road time trial (H4) |
 | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Road race H4 |
| Road World Championships | ||
| 2015 Nottwil | Time trial (H4) |
Wilk won two gold medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.[1][3] Now he is a handcyclist but he used to be a professional speedway rider. He started doing sports in 1991, at the age of 12. On 3 May 2006, Rafal Wilk had an accident during a speedway meeting in Krosno. He injured his spinal cord, and lost control in the lower part of his body. After the accident, he was determined to continue as an athlete, so he took up monoski and went on to practice handbiking. He proved successful in the latter, shortly winning his first Polish championship title. In 2012, during the London Summer Paralympic Games he won two gold medals in road cycling in the H3 category (handbiking).
- London 2012 site Archived 8 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- "Wilk, Rafal". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 7 March 2018)
- Rafał Wilk at the International Paralympic Committee
- Rafał Wilk at the Polski Komitet Paralimpijski [pl] (in Polish)
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