Bronisław Czech

Bronisław Czech

Bronisław Czech (August 25, 1908 – June 4, 1944) was a Polish skier.

Czech was born in Zakopane. He was 24 times Polish champion in different ski competitions and took part in the Winter Olympics of 1928, 1932 and 1936. He finished 10th in the Nordic combined and 37th in the ski jumping at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. Four years later, at the 1932 Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid, New York, Czech was 7th in the Nordic combined, 12th in ski jumping and 18th in the 18 km cross-country event. At his final Olympics of 1936 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen he finished 16. in the Nordic combined, 20th in Alpine skiing, 33th in both ski jumping and the 18 km cross-coutry event, and 7th in the 4 x 10 km cross-country relay.

During the Second World War he was a soldier of Polish Underground (Home Army) and courier from occupied Poland to the West. He was captured by Germans, imprisoned and murdered in the German concentration camp Auschwitz.


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