Great Olympians

Biographies - KRZ


Anna Krzemińska-Karbowiak

B. 1950-06-01, Grójec, Poland
Rowing
1976 HP
Women's Coxless Pairs 8th 320
320


Kazimierz Krzemiński

B. 1902-02-25, Lwow, then in Russia, in 1924 in Poland, now Lviv in Ukraine, represented Poland
Road Cycling
1924 HP
Men's Road Race, Time Trial 59th 0.00000002
Men's Road Race, Time Trial, Team 14th 4
4.00000002


Andrzej Krzeptowski (1)

B. 1903-07-29, Zakopane, then Austria, by 1924 in Poland; D. 1945-02-26
Cross-Country Skiing & Ski Jumping & Nordic Combined
1924 1928 HP
Men's 18 km 28th 0.0256
Men's Ski Jumping 21st 27th 1.02
Men's Nordic Combined 19th 2.4
3.4456


Andrzej Krzeptowski (2)

B. 1902-08-03, Kościelsko, Poland, then part of Austria; D. 1981-04-12
Cross-Country Skiing
1928 HP
Men's 18 km 25th 0.1
Men's 50 km 13th 25.6
25.7


Józef Daniel Krzeptowski

B. 1921-07-29, Inowrocław, Poland; D. 2002-08-13
Nordic Combined & Cross-Country Skiing & Ski Jumping
Nordic Combined 1948 1952 1956 HP
Individual 22nd 29th 0.624
Cross-Country Skiing 1948
18 km 62nd -
4x10 km Relay 10th 25
Ski Jumping 1948
Normal Hill, Individual 30th 0.015
25.639


Anna Krzeptowska-Żebracka

B. 1938-07-26, Zakopane, Poland
Cross-Country Skiing
1960 HP
Women's 10 kilometres 20th 1.25
1.25


Zofia Krzeptowska

B. 1934-06-08, Zakopane, Poland
Cross-Country Skiing
1956 HP
Women's 10 kilometres 18th 3.2
Women's 3x5 kilometres Relay fifth 250
253.2


Elżbieta Maria Duńska

competed in 1956 and 1960 as

Elżbieta Krzesińska

B. 1934-11-11, Warszawa, Poland
Track and Field (1 gold, 1 silver)
1952 1956 1960 HP
Long Jump 12th gold silver 15660
15660


Andrzej Lech Krzesiński

B. 1927-10-01, Białobrzegi, Poland
Athletics - Track & Field
1960 HP
Men's Pole Vault 12th 60
60


Stanisław Blażej Krzesiński

B. 1950-02-033, Białobrzegi, Poland
Greco-Roman Wrestling
1972 1976 HP
Men's Welterweight (-74 kg) 11th 11th 192
192


Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak

B. 1929-08-03, Wielichowo, Poland; D. 2003-03-24
Track and Field (1 gold)
1956 1960 HP
3000 m Steeplechase 10th gold 9750
10000 m fourth 7th 2000
11750


Adam Krzysztofiak

B. 1951-01-21, Zakopane, Poland; D. 2008-01-16
Ski Jumping
1972 1976 HP
Men's Normal Hill 24th 38th 0.160256
Men's Large Hill 29th 0.016
0.176256


Tadeusz Krzyżanowski

B. 1920-08-29, Osterfeld, Germany, lived in Gdańsk, represented Poland
Athletics - Track & Field
1952 HP
Men's Shot Put 10th 150
150


Władysław Krzyżanowski

B. 1905-08-12, Minsk, Belarus, then part of Russia, lived in Warszawa, represented Poland; D. 1985-08-15
Sailing
1928 HP
One Person Dinghy (12-foot) 18th 3.84
3.84

He replaced Adam Wolff in the final race and did better than him, although it did not earn Poland a higher place.


Written 2000-12-14 - last modified 2022-11-17

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