Edward Gustaw Adolf Luckhaus (31 August 1910 – 12 May 1975) was a Polish

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of German ethnicity. He competed in the men's triple jump at the

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. During

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he volunteered to

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, fought on the Eastern Front and was taken as prisoner of war, being incarcerated in the POW camp in Gomel. After being released in 1948, he moved to Bavaria, where he lived with his family in Pfaffenhofen near

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. He worked as a physical education teacher initially in the Benedictine monastery in

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, later at the gymnasium in Pfaffenhofen.

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1910 births 1975 deaths People from Hlukhiv People from Glukhovsky Uyezd People from the Russian Empire of German descent Polish people of German descent Polish male triple jumpers Polish male javelin throwers Jagiellonia Białystok athletes Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics German military personnel of World War II German prisoners of war in World War II held by the Soviet Union {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub