Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wani digiri na 1932 na Cibiyar Cibiyar Ilimin Jiki a Warsaw, a wannan shekarar Pławczyk ya zama zakara na Turai a tsalle mai tsayi tare da tsayin 1.96m, kasancewar ya riga ya zama mai rikodin rikodin ƙasa sau uku a cikin taron. Ya lashe lambar tagulla a cikin wasan decathlon a gasar zakarun Turai ta 1934
a Turin, kuma ya zama na shida a cikin wannan taron a gasar zakarun Turai ta 1938 a Vienna. Ya kasance zakaran kasa a lokuta da dama a cikin shekarun 1930. A shekara ta 1938, ya koma Faransa kuma ya shiga soja a 1940. Daga 1943 zuwa 1948 ya yi aiki a matsayin mai koyar da wasanni a Vichy, Paris, da Rome, daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin mai sayarwa da malami, kafin ya koma Poland.