Henryk Kowalski (17 July 1933 â 11 July 2021) was a Polish road cyclist.
Born in Turzysk in the Second Polish Republic Kowalski will have been forced to move westwards after World War II due to the changing of borders and expulsion of local populations, with his hometown being given to Ukraine. Kowalski started cycling professionally with Budowlani Warszawa between 1954âÂÂ1955, spent a short spell with Stal Stocznia in 1956, before spending the majority of his career with KK Lechia Gdaà Âsk between 1957âÂÂ1970. It was while with Lechia he enjoyed his greatest success, winning the Tour de Pologne twice, in 1957 and 1961. and winning the Vuelta a Cuba in 1967. Kowalski died in Gdaà Âsk aged 88, and is buried in the à »ydowski cemetery in Cheà Âm, Gdaà Âsk.