Bohdan Przywarski

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameBohdan Władysław•Przywarski
Used nameBohdan•Przywarski
Born12 April 1932 in Masiulowszczyźnie, Braslaw, Vitebsk (BLR)
Died21 October 2013 in Warszawa (Warsaw), Mazowieckie (POL)
Measurements183 cm / 82 kg
AffiliationsAZS Warszawa, Warszawa (POL)
NOC Poland

Biography

Debuting in the highest Polish division for Społem Łódź, Bohdan Przywarski twice played on the championship winning team, in 1950 and 1952. He switched to AZS AWF (the team of the Academy of Physical Education) in Warszawa in the 1953/1954 season, but would never win the Polish crown again, finishing second in 1962. He made the Polish national team in 1953, and through 1961 earned 52 caps (scoring 150 points). His most notable appearances were at the 1955 (5th) and 1959 (6th) European Championships. He also played on the Polish team that ranked 5th in the Olympic Qualifying tournament of 1960, earned a spot at the Rome Olympics, where they would place 7th. After earning a degree at the AWF, he became a youth trainer. Przywarski spent a long time in Morocco, first as coach of the national team and later teaching basketball at the Casablanca Sports Academy.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1960 Summer Olympics Basketball (Basketball) POL Bohdan Przywarski
Basketball, Men (Olympic) Poland 7

Errata

Name incorrectly seen as Bogdan.