Poland 
Poland
On 31 July 1928, Halina Konopacka threw her discus 39.62 m to set a new world record and become the first Olympic Champion from Poland. She was 27 years old.
Polish athletes achieved two more Gold in 1932, to bring their pre-war total to three. Stanislawa Walasiewicz was a US resident and known there as Stella Walsh.
|
M/F |
Name |
Year |
Gold |
SPORT |
born |
died |
|
F |
Halina Konopacka |
1928 |
1 |
TRACK & FIELD |
11.11.1900 |
28.1.1989 |
|
M |
Janusz Kusocinski |
1932 |
1 |
TRACK & FIELD |
15.1.1907 |
21.6.1940 |
|
F |
Stanislawa Walasiewicz |
1932 |
1 |
TRACK & FIELD |
11.4.1911 |
4.12.1980 |
I would be grateful for any corrections and additional biographical information, pictures, stories, anecdotes etc.
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