Michał Mieczysław Wojciech Gutowski (14 September 1910 – 23 August 2006) was a Brigadier General of the
Polish Army and an
equestrian. He competed in
two 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 ...
.
Gutowski was a career officer of the Polish Army. He fought in the
September Campaign of World War II. After the Polish defeat he joined the
Polish Armed Forces in the West
The Polish Armed Forces in the West () refers to the Polish military formations formed to fight alongside the Western Allies against Nazi Germany and its allies during World War II. Polish forces were also raised within Soviet territories; thes ...
in France and eventually in Britain. He fought in the
1st Armoured Division under General
Stanisław Maczek
Lieutenant General Stanisław Maczek (; 31 March 1892 – 11 December 1994) was a Polish tank commander of World War II, whose division was instrumental in the Allied liberation of France, closing the Falaise pocket, resulting in the destructio ...
, among others in the
Battle of Falaise.
After the war he emigrated to Canada where he worked as a military instructor for Canadian forces. He later established an equestrian club and trained Canadian equestrian riders.
Gutowski was awarded multiple state and military awards, among others
Virtuti Militari,
Order of Polonia Restituta or
Légion d'honneur.
He was buried at the
Powązki Military Cemetery in Warsaw.
References
1910 births
2006 deaths
Polish male equestrians
Olympic equestrians for Poland
Equestrians at the 1936 Summer Olympics
People from Sieradz County
Polish Army officers
Polish emigrants to Canada
Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Recipients of the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari
Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland)
Knights of the Legion of Honour
Recipients of the Croix de Guerre (France)
Recipients of the Legion of Merit
Burials at Powązki Military Cemetery
Sportspeople from Łódź Voivodeship
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