Zbigniew Pacelt

Polish sportsman (1951–2021)

Zbigniew Pacelt
Pacelt in 2013
Member of the Sejm
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 September 2005
Constituency33 – Kielce
Personal details
Born(1951-08-26)26 August 1951
Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland
Died4 October 2021(2021-10-04) (aged 70)
Political partyCivic Platform

Zbigniew Pacelt (26 August 1951 – 4 October 2021[1]) was a Polish sportsman (swimmer, modern pentathlete), Olympian, coach, sport official, and politician. He competed as a swimmer at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics, and as a modern pentathlete at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[2]

Pacelt was born in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, with 3,982 votes in 33 Kielce district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list.

For his sporting efforts he was awarded the Golden Cross of Merit and Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. He was awarded the title of "Honorary Citizen of Ostrowiec" in 2009.

See also

  • Members of Polish Sejm 2005-2007

References

  1. ^ Nie żyje Zbigniew Pacelt (in Polish)
  2. ^ "Zbigniew Pacelt Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

External links

  • Zbigniew Pacelt - parliamentary page - includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.
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