Zdzislaw Kotla – Polish Olympic sailor. He is the brother of Ryszard Kotla

Ryszard Kotla

Ryszard Kotla is a Polish travel writer, tour guide, activist, journalist, academic teacher and lifeguard instructor at the Polish Life Saving Association. He is an electrical engineer by education, but is considered to be a leading expert on the history and tourism in Szczecin and the region of...

.

Biography

A member of the Yachting Club Pogoń

Pogon Szczecin

MKS Pogoń Szczecin is a Polish professional football club, based in Szczecin, Poland. The club was founded by Poles from Lwów , who had been transferred west after the Soviet annexation of Poland's eastern territories in 1945. The founders of Pogoń Szczecin had previously been supporters of Pogoń...

 in Szczecin. From 1976 sailing in Soling

Soling

A Soling is a class of open keelboat designed by Jan Linge of Norway in 1965. In 1968, it was chosen from among many other boats to be the men's triple-handed boat for the 1972 Olympics...

 Class. A participant of 1980 Summer Olympics

1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...

 in Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

 (Tallinn

Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...

) in a team with Jan Bartosik and Jerzy Wujecki.

Achievements

1. place in the International Hungarian Championship in 1979 5. place in the International Danish Championship in 1980

• 9. place in 1980 Summer Olympics
  1980 Summer Olympics
  The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
  
  : Soling
  Soling
  A Soling is a class of open keelboat designed by Jan Linge of Norway in 1965. In 1968, it was chosen from among many other boats to be the men's triple-handed boat for the 1972 Olympics...
  
  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.

External links

• Zdzisław Kotla - Polish Sailing Encyclopedia (pl.)