1. Eddie Borysewicz changed to cycling in his youth, quickly showing talent in races and twice becoming junior national champion.
15 Facts About Eddie Borysewicz
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Eddie Borysewicz was misdiagnosed with tuberculosis after leaving the army but recovered to win two more national championships.
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Eddie Borysewicz went to the Olympic Games in Montreal in 1976 as assistant for the Polish team.
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Eddie Borysewicz went from there to the state of New Jersey in the US, to see friends with whom he had raced for Poland.
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Fraysee spoke to Eddie Borysewicz about bringing his experience of Polish sports schools.
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Eddie Borysewicz's riders referred to him as "Eddie B" because they could not master his surname, pronounced Borisevich.
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Eddie Borysewicz opened an office at the US Olympic Training Center in Squaw Valley, California.
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Eddie Borysewicz told all but one member of the national team that they were overweight and observed that America was "a land of fat people".
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Eddie Borysewicz dispensed with established riders such as John Howard.
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Eddie Borysewicz resigned as coach of the American national team in 1987 partly because of disagreements with members of his squad.
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Sponsorship by Sunkyong, a Korean electronics firm, ended after a year and Eddie Borysewicz sought a replacement in Montgomery Securities.
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Eddie Borysewicz claimed Lance Armstrong as his discovery and not that of Armstrong's later coach, Chris Carmichael.
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Eddie Borysewicz's house burned in the 2003 Cedar Fire that devastated San Diego County.
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Eddie Borysewicz received over 600 letters from friends and cyclists worldwide in response to his loss.
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Eddie Borysewicz died on November 16,2020, at a hospital in Drezdenko, Poland, after contracting COVID-19.