Irena Nawrocka (3 November 1917 – 24 November 2009) was a Polish fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil events at the

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

and

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

. Nawrocka graduated from the Law School of the

Jagiellonian University The Jagiellonian University (Polish: ''Uniwersytet Jagielloński'', UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and the 13th oldest university in ...

in 1945. She was a sister of

Jan Nawrocki Jan Nawrocki (6 September 1913 – 19 June 2000) was a Polish fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. Family His sister, Irena Nawrocka, was also an Olympic fencer. She and their first cousin, Halina Dobrowolska (during t ...

's, who was also an Olympic fencer.

World War II

Nawrocka's escape, along with her first cousin Halina Dobrowolska (during the war, Halina Korabiowska) and three other female

Home Army The Home Army ( pl, Armia Krajowa, abbreviated AK; ) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II. The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Armed Resistance) esta ...

messengers, during their forced march to Ozarow, is documented in ''

The Zookeeper's Wife The Zookeeper's Wife is a non-fiction book written by the poet and naturalist Diane Ackerman. Drawing on the diary of Antonina Żabińska, unpublished in English (though published in Polish in 1968), it recounts the true story of how Antonina an ...

'', Chapter 34. Nawrocka is buried at Bródno Cemetery 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 River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

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* 1917 births 2009 deaths Polish female foil fencers Olympic fencers for Poland Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Rzeszów Jagiellonian University alumni Sportspeople from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Polish Austro-Hungarians 20th-century Polish women {{Poland-fencing-bio-stub