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Place of Birth: Bytom, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
About Lucjan Lis
- Lucjan Roman Lis (8 August 1950 – 26 January 2015) was a Polish cyclist.
- He had his greatest success in the 100 km team time trial.
- In this event he won a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics as well as a bronze and a gold medal at the world championships in 1971 and 1973, respectively.
- He was less successful in the individual road race, finishing in 36th place at the 1972 Olympics.
- In 1973 he won the Tour de Pologne individually and the Peace Race with the Polish team.Lis grew up in a small neighborhood in the coal mining city of Bytom and had a degree in mining.
- He started training in cycling following his elder brother Marian.
- In 1971 he had a serious injury of the achilles tendon that almost ended his career, but he recovered.
- He retired from competitions in 1975 and later had serious kidney problems.
- He married Barbara Lis, a nurse.
- They have two daughters, Laura and Romana, and a son Lucas, a competitive German cyclist.
- They lived together in Germany.
- Lis died of a ruptured aorta on January 26, 2015 at the age of 64.
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