Adam Papée

Adam Papée

Adam Papee (left) with fencer Władysław Segda in 1934
Personal information
Born	(1895-07-21)21 July 1895 Lemberg, Austria-Hungary
Died	6 March 1990(1990-03-06) (aged 94)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Medal record Men's fencing Representing Poland Olympic Games 1928 Amsterdam Sabre, team 1932 Los Angeles Sabre, team

Fencers team AZS Kraków in 1922. Third from the right is Adam Papée.

Adam Stanisław Papée (July 21, 1895 – March 6, 1990) was a Polish fencing champion, one of pioneers of fencing in Poland.

Papée was not only a sportsman, but also an official, one of founders of the Polish Fencing Association (Polski Związek Szermierczy). Between 1926 and 1930, he was the director of this association.

He was four times individual champion of Poland (1926, 1927, 1929, 1932), and four times took part in the Summer Olympic Games (1924–1936), winning two bronze medals in team sabre, in Amsterdam (1928) and Los Angeles (1932). He fenced for two clubs - AZS Kraków and Legia Warszawa. After retirement from active sports, he became a coach, also wrote memoirs Na białą broń, published in 1987.

External links

• Adam Papee's bio on the Polish Olympic Committee webpage