Andrzej Krzeptowski (29 July 1903 – 26 February 1945) was a Polish

skier Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow. Variations of purpose include basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IO ...

. He competed for Poland at the 1924 Winter Olympics, finishing 19th in the Nordic combined event, 21st in the ski jumping event, and 28th in the 18 km cross-country skiing event. Krzeptowski also competed for Poland at the 1924 Winter Olympics, finishing 27th in the ski jumping event. He has a cousin with the same name, Andrzej Krzeptowski (1902–1981), who competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in cross-country skiing events. Krzeptowski collaborated with German occupiers during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

as a member of the ''

Goralenvolk ''Goralenvolk'' was a geopolitical term invented by the German Nazis in World War II in reference to the Goral highlander population of Podhale region in the south of Poland near the Slovak border. The Germans postulated a separate nation ...

'', running a hardware store in

Zakopane Zakopane ( Podhale Goral: ''Zokopane'') is a town in the extreme south of Poland, in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998, it was part of Nowy Sącz Voivodeship; since 1999, it has been ...

. He died in Soviet custody after liberation, supposedly having taken poison.

References

External links

* * * 1903 births 1945 deaths Polish male cross-country skiers Polish male Nordic combined skiers Polish male ski jumpers Olympic cross-country skiers for Poland Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Poland Olympic ski jumpers for Poland Cross-country skiers at the 1924 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1924 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1924 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1928 Winter Olympics Skiers from Zakopane 20th-century Polish sportsmen Polish collaborators with Nazi Germany Polish people who died in Soviet detention Nazis who died by suicide in prison custody Suicides by poison Suicides in Poland {{Poland-skijumping-bio-stub