Ryszard Pędrak-Janowicz (17 May 1932 in Lwów - 1 February 2004 in Kraków

Kraków

Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...

) is a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 luge

Luge

A Luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine and feet-first. Steering is done by flexing the sled's runners with the calf of each leg or exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh 21-25 kilograms for singles and 25-30 kilograms for doubles. Luge...

r who competed from the mid 1950s to the mid 1960s. He won a complete set of medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with a gold in the men's doubles (1963

FIL World Luge Championships 1963

-Men's singles:-Women's singles:Geisler becomes the first woman to repeat as World Champion.-Men's doubles:-Medal table:-References:***...

), a silver in the men's singles (1958

FIL World Luge Championships 1958

-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:Strillinger and Nachmann became the first repeat champions at the World Championships.-Medal table:-References:***...

) and a bronze in the men's doubles event (1958).

Pędrak-Janowicz competed in the 1964 Winter Olympics

1964 Winter Olympics

The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964...

where he finished tied for fifth in the men's doubles event.