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{{Short description|Polish glider pilot (born 1950)}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2015}}
[[File:Janusz Centka, Leszno, Poland, 2014..jpg|thumb|Janusz Centka, Leszno 2014]]
'''Janusz Centka''' (born 20 April 1950, in [[Tonowo]]) is a Polish [[gliding|glider]] pilot who has won two [[European Gliding Championships|European]] and three [[World Gliding Championships]].<ref name="FAI IGC pilot ranking: Janusz Centka">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110927095548/http://www.fai.org/gliding/rankings/displaypilotdets.php?pilotid=203 FAI IGC pilot ranking: Janusz Centka], [[European Gliding Championships]], [[World Gliding Championships]] – accessed 2008-02-02{{dead link|date=December 2015}}</ref>

In 2002 he established a world record in speed over a triangular course of 1000&nbsp;km (144.95&nbsp;km/h) in the [[Glider competition classes#15 metre Class|15m class]] in a [[SZD 56 Diana]] from [[Ely, Nevada]] (USA).<ref name="FAI world records by Janusz Centka">[https://web.archive.org/web/20030516080030/http://records.fai.org/pilot.asp?id=207&from=gliding FAI world records by Janusz Centka] – accessed 2008-01-11</ref>
In 2003, he was awarded the [[Paul Tissandier Diploma]], and in 2004 he was awarded the [[Lilienthal Gliding Medal]] by the [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] [[FAI Gliding Commission|gliding commission]].<ref name="FAI awards of Janusz Centka">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110927095606/http://www.fai.org/awards/recipient.asp?id=3957 FAI awards received by Janusz Centka] – accessed 2008-01-11</ref>

He is a member of the gliding club at [[Leszno]] and works as a [[Boeing 767]] captain and [[flight instructor]] for [[LOT Polish Airlines|PLL LOT]].<ref name="LOT">[http://www.lot.com/Portal/EN/aspx/Content_Our_pilots.aspx Famous pilots of PLL LOT] – accessed 2008-01-11</ref>

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