Jerzy Braun (other)
Jerzy Braun can refer to: * Jerzy Braun (rower) (1911–1968), Polish rower * Jerzy Braun (writer) Jerzy Bronisław Braun, ps. "Bronisław Rogowski" (born September 1, 1901 in Dąbrowa Tarnowska, died October 17, 1975 in Rome) was a Polish writer, political activist, poet, playwright, literary critic, columnist, screenwriter, philosopher, scout ...

Jerzy Braun (rower)
Jerzy Walerian Braun (13 April 1911 – 8 March 1968) was a Polish rower who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Braun was born in Bromberg in Western Prussia in 1911; the town was renamed Bydgoszcz when it became part of Poland. He won the silver medal as member of the Polish boat in the coxed pairs competition as well as the bronze medal as member of the Polish boat in the coxed fours competition. Four years later he was part of the Polish boat which was eliminated in the repechage of the coxed pair event. During World War II he fought in the Polish Armed Forces in the West as an officer in the Second Polish Army Corps. After the war Braun moved to England where he died aged 56 on 8 March 1968 at Crawley Crawley () is a large town and borough in West Sussex, England. It is south of London, north of Brighton and Hove, and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Crawley covers an area of and had a population of 106,597 at the t ...
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