Zdzislaw Kotla

Zdzislaw Kotla (5 May 1949 in Szczecin – 18 October 2012 in Szczecin[1]) was a Polish Olympic sailor. He was the brother of Ryszard Kotla.

Biography

A member of the Yachting Club Pogoń in Szczecin. From 1976 sailing in Soling Class. A participant of 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow (Tallinn) in a team with Jan Bartosik and Jerzy Wujecki.

Achievements

  •  HUN 1. place in the International Hungarian Championship in 1979
  •  DNK 5. place in the International Danish Championship in 1980
  • 9. place in 1980 Summer Olympics: Soling Class – with the result 91.70 (the winner Denmark – 34.70). The placement of the Polish team in the consecutive races: 8 - 6 - 4 - 8 - 9 - 9 - 8.

Bibliography

  • Anna Pawlak, Olimpijczycy: polscy sportowcy w latach 1924-1998 ("The Olympic Athletes: the Polish sportsmen between 1924-1998"), p. 128
  • Zbigniew Porada, Starożytne i nowożytne igrzyska olimpijskie ("The Ancient and Modern Olympic Games"), p. 1009
  • Zygmunt Głuszek, Polscy olimpijczycy 1924-1984 ("The Polish Olympic Athletes 1924-1984"), Warsaw 1988

References

  1. ↑ "Zdzisław Kotla, Szczecin, 22.10.2012 - nekrolog" (in Polish). Nekrologi.wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 2012-12-26.

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