Stefan Kapłaniak

{{Short description|Polish sprint canoer (1933–2021)}}

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| caption = Stefan Kapłaniak as a Men's K-2 1000 metres medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

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Stefan Kapłaniak "Cenek" (10 April 1933 – 8 August 2021) was a Polish canoe sprinter who competed from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Rome in 1960.

Kapłaniak also won two gold medals at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague, earning them in the K-1 500 m and K-2 500 m events.