“That’s my grandpa”
http://www.naturalstrength.com/history/stanczyc.html
Interesting article about my grandfather, just happened to find it online. I never knew him that well as he had a stroke when I was very young and passed away almost 10 years ago… I have some pics I’ll have to scan of him and post…
Arthur Gay wrote an article for Your Physique magazine (Dec. 1947) entitled “TERRIFIC is the word for Stanczyk”. An enterprising editor had run a lightening flash through the word terrific. Yes, Stanley was terrific indeed, but he was just getting warmed up…
Stan had only one more hurdle to conquer, the 1948 Olympic Games. This he did in magnificent style, easily winning the gold medal and becoming the Olympic champion. (Ed. Note: At the ‘48 Olympics, Stanczyk once again demonstrated sportsmanship of the highest order. He had easily snatched 292 for a new world record. This lift was recognized by two of the judges as “good”, but Stan would not accept credit for the lift claiming that his knee had touched. Later, he was granted the Sullivan medal – a very special and coveted award – in recognition of his actions. Another interesting point, Stanczyk was the fastest athlete at the 1948 Olympics, measured with an electric timer. They didn’t call him “Flash” for nothing…). After his stellar performance at the Olympics, Stan was considering retiring from competition since he had won every important contest in the world, but the old fires still burned and he decided to continue lifting.