Janina Skirlińska

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Janina Skirlińska
Janina Skirlińska in 1932.png
Janina Skirlińska in 1932
Personal information
Country represented Poland
Born(1907-03-08)March 8, 1907
DiedApril 23, 1993(1993-04-23) (aged 86)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record

Janina Skirlińska (8 March 1907 – 23 April 1993) was a Polish artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[2] She was a member of the Polish women's team at those Olympics, where they placed 6th in the team competition. Previously, she competed at the 1934 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships where she was the 3rd-place finisher. Additionally, at the second-ever World Championships for women in 1938, in the all-around individual standings, she was the 4th-place finisher, the highest-finishing non-Czechoslovakian female competitor at those championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/worlds_artistic_results_1934.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "Janina Skirlińska" Archived 2013-02-04 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  3. ^ "Ceskoslovensko dobyva mistrovstvi sveta v telocviku" [Czechoslovakia Conquers the World Championships in Gymnastics]. Venkov (in Czech). July 2, 1938. Retrieved December 21, 2020.


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