Janusz Zalewski
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Birth name | Janusz Rajmund Zalewski |
Nationality | Polish |
Born | Zawiercie, Congress Poland | 15 August 1903
Died | 6 August 1944 Wola, Warsaw, German-occupied Poland | (aged 40)
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Janusz Rajmund Zalewski (15 August 1903 – 6 August 1944) was a Polish sailor. He competed in the mixed 6 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1] Zalewski was wounded during the Warsaw Uprising and was killed in reprisals for the rebellion.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Zalewski served in the Warsaw Uprising as part of the Home Army during the Second World War.[1] He was wounded on 1 August attacking German supply warehouses, and was sent to recover at a hospital in Wola. He was killed on 6 August by German soldiers during the Wola massacre.[1][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Janusz Zalewski Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ Szerle, Jędrzej (14 October 2016). "Losy polskich olimpijczyków – klasy R-6, Tornado i Europa" (in Polish). Zeglarksi. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ Jucewicz, Andrzej; Stępiński, Włodzimierz (1968). Chwała olimpijczykom, 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: Wydawnictwo "Sport i Turystyka". pp. 93–97. OCLC 61559795.
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- 1903 births
- 1944 deaths
- Olympic sailors for Poland
- Sailors at the 1936 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre
- Polish military personnel killed in World War II
- Polish people executed by Nazi Germany
- Home Army members
- Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany
- Polish male sailors (sport)
- Warsaw Uprising insurgents
- People from Zawiercie
- Sportspeople from Masovian Voivodeship
- Victims of the Nazi war crimes during the Warsaw Uprising
- Polish yacht racing biography stubs