Adam Królikiewicz
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Men's equestrian | ||
Representing Poland | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1924 Paris | Individual jumping |
Adam Łukasz Królikiewicz (December 9, 1894 – May 4, 1966) was a Polish horse rider, major of Polish Army, who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Lviv. He died in Konstancin-Jeziorna.
He was a member of Polish Legions and fought in World War I.
In 1924 he and his horse Picador won the bronze medal in the individual jumping competition. As part of the Polish jumping team they finishing sixth in the team jumping competition.
In 1966 he died in an accident, when he fell from a horse during the filming of Andrzej Wajda's film Popioły.
Honours and awards
- Silver Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari
- Cross of Independence
- Silver Cross of Merit - twice
External links
- Adam Królikiewicz at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (in Polish) (archive)
- Adam Królikiewicz at Olympics.com
- Adam Krolikiewicz at Olympics.com
- Adam Królikiewicz at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Adam Królikiewicz at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1894 births
- 1966 deaths
- Sportspeople from Lviv
- Polish Austro-Hungarians
- People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
- Polish male equestrians
- Show jumping riders
- Olympic equestrians of Poland
- Equestrians at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Poland
- Polish legionnaires (World War I)
- Polish people of World War I
- Recipients of the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari
- Recipients of the Silver Cross of Merit (Poland)
- Recipients of the Cross of Independence
- Olympic medalists in equestrian
- Deaths by horse-riding accident
- Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Polish Army officers
- Polish Olympic medalist stubs
- Polish equestrian biography stubs