Jan Nawrocki (6 September 1913 – 19 June 2000) was a
Polish
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fencer. He competed at the
1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
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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 ...
.
Family
His sister,
Irena Nawrocka, was also an Olympic fencer. She and their first cousin, Halina Dobrowolska (during the war, Halina Korabiowska), served as messengers for
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 ...
during World War II. The two cousins and three other female Home Army messengers narrowly escaped during a forced march to
Ozarow.
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1913 births
2000 deaths
People from Strzyżów County
Polish male fencers
Polish veterinarians
Olympic fencers for Poland
Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Podkarpackie Voivodeship
Sportspeople from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Polish Austro-Hungarians
20th-century Polish sportsmen
21st-century Polish sportspeople
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