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A silver medallist of Olympic Games Moscow 1980 A quadruple participant of Olympic Games. Gold, silver (twice) and bronze (twice) medallist of Championship of Poland in show jumping.
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He was born on 05 April 1941 in Brody Poznańskie, Lwówek district, Poznań voivodship. His father: Stanisław. His mother: Cecylia Batura from home. His daughters: Anna and Katarzyna. His wife: Barbara Rutkowska from home. A graduate of an industrial school. Chief master ensign of Polish Army. A competitor at the Stud Farm in Posadowo, the Stallion Depot in Sieraków Wielkopolski, Popular Sports Association ‘Cwał’ in Poznań, Central Military Sports and Athletics Club ‘Legia’.
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In 1966, he won Grand Prix at CHIO in Olsztyn on Berry. In closing his career, he won Grand Prix on Festyn during official CHIO competitions in Sopot in June 1988.
“I owe horses all my life, i.e. the life of a rider and a man” – said Marian Kozicki in June 1999 in Warsaw. “The horses decided about the fact that after ending my career as a competitor and leaving Polish Army I moved to Germany for 18 years’ contract.
He touched horses for the first time at the Stud Farm in Posadowo where his father was a manager of a seed farm. He exercised with a riding instructor Franciszek Głowacz that earlier as a cavalryman (Cavalry Brigade of Great Poland) had fought in 1939 with German invaders.
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You can find the whole article and other sources at Polish Digital Equestrian Library (click)
Author: Witold Duński
You can find links below to related materials in Polish Digital Equestrian Library.
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„Marian Kozicki” (2012) – Witold Duński
„Marian Kozicki – od sportu po spacerki wierzchem” (2010) – Piotr Dzięciołowski
„XXII Igrzyska Olimpijskie Moskwa” (1980) – Eryk Brabec
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Wiesław Dziadczyk
II Vice-Champion of Poland in show jumping. A trainer in the stud farms Kozienice, Klikowa and Pruchna. A rider who jumped an obstacle “wall” 2.20 m on the mare Via Vitae. To this day, this record of height on this type of obstacle is not beaten in Poland.
BRONZ (MERRY MINSTREL – BRANŻA)
One of the best Marian Kozicki’s horses bred at Kozienice Stud Farm. Bronze (1970), silver (1971) and gold (1972) medallist in Championship of Poland in show jumping.
XXII Summer Olympic Games – Moscow 1980
The Olympic Games where Polish horsemanship achieved the best results. 29 July 1980 – silver team medal (Jan Kowalczyk – Artemor; Marian Kozicki – Bremen; Janusz Bobik – Szampan; Wiesław Hartman – Norton). 03 August 1980 – individual gold Olympic medal – Jan Kowalczyk on Artemor.
Gallery:
Marian Kozicki. His photo with his autograph. From the collection of Biuro Stowarzyszenia KJ Legia Kozielska. 
Marian Kozicki’s silver medal in team show jumping, won at XXII Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980. Through the good politeness of Muzeum Sportu i Turystyki (Sport & Tourism Museum) in Warsaw. 
A member of the Olympic Team, Marian Kozicki on Bronz (Merry Minstrel — Branża) bred at Kozienice Stud Farm. Photo: S. Rozwadowski. 
The victorious team of Nations Cup competition at CHIO in Olsztyn in 1969: P. Wawryniuk on the stallion Paw x (Great Poland horse), M. Kozicki on Bronz xx, H. Hucz on Deptak x (Great Poland horse) and S. Grodzicki na Biszka xx. Photo: Z. Raczkowska. 
M. Kozicki on gelding Bronz xx during JMP show jumping in Warsaw in 1973 – placed fourth. Photo: M. Ołtuszewski. 
From left: Jan Kowalczyk, Piotr Wawryniuk (Poprad), Marian Kozicki. 
From left: Piotr Wawryniuk, Marian Kozicki, Antoni Pacyński, Jan Kowalczyk. The airport in Paris. 
Marian Kozicki on Bronz, the seventies. From the collection of Biuro Stowarzyszenia KJ Legia Kozielska. 
Marian Kozicki on Tyras. 
Jan Kowalczyk and Marian Kozicki on the course. Olympic Games Mexico 1968. From the collection of Biuro Stowarzyszenia KJ Legia Kozielska. 
Bronz under Marian Kozicki. They were together on the Olympic Games in Mexico and Munich. Brozn was (together with Kozicki) a gold, silver and bronze medallist of Championships of Poland in Show Jumping. Born at Kozienice Stud Farm. 
Marian Kozicki on Berry (Merry Minstrel — Brzeźnica) bred at Kozienice Stud Farm during international competitions in Aachen. 
Marian Kozicki on Murzyn. 
Marian Kozicki. 
Tyras (Good bye — Tirana), bred at Kozienice Stud Farm, won the “Puissance” under Marian Kozicki during CHIO in 1966 and 1968
in Olsztyn. Photo: Z. Raczkowska.
Marian Kozicki, a quadruple Olympian, a silver medallist of Olympic Games and Nations Cup. The great rider on Festyn.
