Jerzy Opara

Jerzy Opara

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 0 World Championships 0 2 2 European Championships 0 0 0 Total 0 3 2
Olympic Games
	1976 Montreal	C-2 500 m
World Championships
	1970 Copenhagen	C-1 1000 m
	1974 Mexico City	C-2 1000 m
	1973 Tampere	C-2 500 m
	1977 Sofia	C-2 1000 m

Jerzy Janusz Opara (born 21 July 1948) is a Polish sprint canoeist who competed in the 1970s. He was born in Warsaw. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the C-2 500 m event at Montreal in 1976. Opara also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two silvers (C-1 1000 m: 1970, C-2 1000 m: 1974) and two bronzes (C-2 500 m: 1973, C-2 1000 m: 1977).

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jerzy Opara". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-06.