Franciszek Gąsienica Groń (30 September 1931 – 31 July 2014) was a Polish

Nordic combined Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever Winter Olympics in 1924, while the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup ...

athlete who competed in the 1950s. He won a bronze medal in the Nordic combined at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. He was the first Polish athlete to win a

Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ...

medal in any Nordic skiing discipline ( cross-country skiing,

ski jumping Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...

, and Nordic combined). He was born 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 ...

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* * 1931 births 2014 deaths Polish male Nordic combined skiers Nordic combined skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Poland Olympic bronze medalists for Poland Sportspeople from Zakopane Olympic medalists in Nordic combined Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics 20th-century Polish people {{Poland-skijumping-bio-stub