Joachim Halupczok
 Statue of Halupczok in Niwki, Opole County, his birthplace | |||||||||||||
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| Full name | Joachim Halupczok | ||||||||||||
| Born |
3 June 1968 Niwki, Poland | ||||||||||||
| Died |
5 February 1994 (aged 25) Opole, Poland | ||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joachim Halupczok (3 June 1968 – 5 February 1994) was a Polish racing cyclist. He won the silver medal in the team time trial at the 1988 Summer Olympics along with Andrzej Sypytkowski, Marek Leśniewski and Zenon Jaskuła.[1][2][3]
In 1989 he became the amateur champion at the 1989 UCI Road World Championships.
In 1990 he signed professional terms and took part in the World Championships in Utsunomiya. He was later diagnosed with cardiac arrhythmia, which meant that he had to quit professional cycling. It was suspected that the cause of his health problems was the use of EPO.
Death
Halupczok died of a heart attack on the way to the hospital, after he collapsed during a warm-up for an indoor football match on 5 February 1994. He was survived by his wife and two children.
References
- ↑ "Joachim Halupczok". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ↑ ".Database Olympics Profile". www.databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ↑ Paul Kimmage (30 June 2009). Rough Ride. Random House. pp. 245–247. ISBN 978-1-4090-7834-0. Retrieved 23 June 2013.