Aleksander Kowalski (ice hockey)
Aleksander Marek Kowalski (7 October 1902[1][2] – 3 April 1940) was a Polish ice hockey defenceman who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics and in the 1932 Winter Olympics.[3]
He was born in Warsaw, Poland[1] and was killed in the Katyn massacre, aged 37.[4] His family received the last postcard on 11 February 1940. His exact date of death is unknown, but he was on the list of the NKVD dated 3 April 1940.[5]
In 1928 he participated with the Polish ice hockey team in the Olympic tournament.[1]
Four years later he was a member of the Polish team which finished fourth in the 1932 Olympic tournament.[1][6] He played all six matches and scored two goals. This made him the top scorer for the team, scoring two out of the team's three goals
References[]
- ^ a b c d Aleksander Kowalski at Sports Reference
- ^ Lista Katynska, Gryf 1989 Page 97>
- ^ Allen Paul Katyn Naval Institute, 1996 ISBN 1-55750-670-1 Page 233
- ^ http://www.eurolympic.org/jahia/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/403;jsessionid=92EC25A72FD7705E2DBB45496CF46872?language=eng[permanent dead link]
- ^ "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.
- ^ http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932w.pdf[permanent dead link]
External links[]
Media related to Aleksander Kowalski (ice hockey) at Wikimedia Commons
- profile (in Polish)
Further reading[]
- The murderers of Katyn by Vladimir Abaeinov Hippocrene Books, 1993 ISBN 0-7818-0032-3
- 1902 births
- 1940 deaths
- AZS Warszawa (ice hockey) players
- Executed people from Masovian Voivodeship
- Ice hockey players at the 1928 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 1932 Winter Olympics
- Katyn massacre victims
- Olympic ice hockey players of Poland
- Polish ice hockey defencemen
- Sportspeople from Warsaw
- People from Warsaw Governorate
- Polish military personnel killed in World War II
- Polish ice hockey biography stubs