Franciszek Jan Bronikowski (25 February 1907 – 1 December 1964) was a Polish

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is ...

who competed in the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

. In 1928 he won the bronze medal as member of the Polish boat in the coxed four event. He was born in

Bromberg Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...

, Province of Posen and died in

Milanówek Milanówek is a town and a seat of a separate commune in Poland. Located next to the Grodzisk Mazowiecki County near Warsaw, it is often considered an outlying suburb of the capital of Poland but is in fact an independent entity administrativel ...

Adam Bronikowski Adam Paweł Bronikowski (born 11 March 1978 in Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Riv ...

is his grandson.

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1907 births 1964 deaths Polish male rowers Olympic rowers of Poland Rowers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Poland Olympic medalists in rowing Sportspeople from Bydgoszcz Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists {{Poland-rowing-bio-stub