Jerzy Łucki
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Polish |
Born | Drohobycz, Austria-Hungary[1] | 24 September 1898
Died | 18 September 1939 Kuty, Stanisławów Voivodeship, Poland | (aged 40)
Sport | |
Sport | Bobsleigh |
Jerzy Michał Łucki (24 September 1898 – 18 September 1939) was a Polish bobsledder, military officer and athlete. He competed in the four-man event at the 1928 Winter Olympics.[2]
Łucki was a military officer, serving initially in the Polish Legions, then in the Polish Army. He was an active athlete in his military unit and the Pogoń Lwów athletics team, winning the bronze medal at the Polish Athletics Championships twice in shot put (1923, 1927) and once in hammer throw (1923).[1]
After the Soviet invasion of Poland he fought in the defence of Lwów. Łucki most likely died on 18 September 1939 in Kuty, Stanisławów Voivodeship, while evacuating his unit over the border to Romania.[1][3] He was awarded the Cross of Independence.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Profile at the website of the Polish Olympic Committee
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jerzy Łucki Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
Categories:
- 1898 births
- 1939 deaths
- Polish male bobsledders
- Polish male shot putters
- Polish male discus throwers
- Polish male hammer throwers
- Olympic bobsledders for Poland
- Bobsledders at the 1928 Winter Olympics
- People from Drohobych
- Sportspeople from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
- Polish legionnaires (World War I)
- Polish Army officers
- Recipients of the Cross of Independence
- Polish military personnel killed in World War II
- European bobsleigh biography stubs
- Polish winter sports biography stubs