Wanda Dubieńska
![]() Wanda Dubieńska third from left 1922 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Kraków, Austria-Hungary | 12 June 1895
Died | 28 November 1968 Rząska, Poland | (aged 73)
Sport | |
Sport | Fencing |
Wanda Dubieńska born Nowak (12 June 1895 – 28 November 1968) was a Polish fencer, tennis player, cross-country skier and sport celebrity and the daughter of Julian Nowak. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1] She was the first woman to represent Poland at the Olympics.[2] Dubieńska was buried at the Rakowicki Cemetery.
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Wanda Dubieńska in Zakopane, 1922
References[]
- ^ "Wanda Dubieńska Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
- ^ "First female competitors at the Olympics by country". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
Categories:
- 1895 births
- 1968 deaths
- Polish Austro-Hungarians
- Polish female fencers
- Polish foil fencers
- Olympic fencers of Poland
- Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Kraków
- Polish female tennis players
- Polish female cross-country skiers
- Burials at Rakowicki Cemetery
- 20th-century Polish women
- Polish cross-country skiing biography stubs
- Polish fencing biography stubs