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Jack Pyc

Jack (Jacek) Pyc (born July 17, 1972, in Wrocław, Poland) is a Polish-born, Canadian bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. He won a silver medal in the two-man event at the 1995 FIBT World Championships in Winterberg along with 16 World Cup medals and 3 Overall World Cup Championships. Pyc also competed in three Winter Olympics, ( 1992 Albertville France, 1994 Lillehammer Norway and 1998 Nagano Japan) earning his best finish of ninth in the four-man at Nagano in 1998.

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Jack (Jacek) Pyc (born July 17, 1972, in Wrocław, Poland) is a Polish-born, Canadian bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. He won a silver medal in the two-man event at the 1995 FIBT World Championships in Winterberg along with 16 World Cup medals and 3 Overall World Cup Championships. Pyc also competed in three Winter Olympics, ( 1992 Albertville France, 1994 Lillehammer Norway and 1998 Nagano Japan) earning his best finish of ninth in the four-man at Nagano in 1998.

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  1. date of birth: 1972-07-17 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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