Jiří Jesenský (27 September 1905 – 24 October 1942) was a Czech fencer. He competed in the

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(19th place) and team (10th place) foil events at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. He was an active member of the resistance movement in Czechoslovakia during World War II. He was executed by firing squad in the Mauthausen concentration camp.

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* 1905 births 1942 deaths Czech male fencers Czechoslovak male fencers Olympic fencers for Czechoslovakia Fencers at the 1936 Summer Olympics People who died in Mauthausen concentration camp Czech people executed in Nazi concentration camps People executed by Nazi Germany by firing squad {{CzechRepublic-fencing-bio-stub