Stanisława Walasiewicz
Stanisława Walasiewicz (3 April 1911 – 4 December 1980), also known as Stefania Walasiewicz, and Stella Walsh, was a Polish-American track and field athlete, who became a women's Olympic champion in the 100 metres. Born in Poland and raised in the United States, she became an American citizen in 1947. Background Walasiewicz was born on 3 April 1911 in Wierzchownia (now Brodnica County), Congress Poland.Some sources also cite 7 and 11 April Her family emigrated to the United States when she was three months old. Her parents, Julian and Veronika Walasiewicz, settled in Cleveland, Ohio, where her father found a job as a steel mill worker. Her family called her ''Stasia'', a common Polish diminutive of her Christian name, which later led to the nickname Stella, as she was known in the United States. Athletic career Walasiewicz started her athletic career at South High School, a school located in the historic Slavic Village neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1 ...
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Wierzchownia, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Wierzchownia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Górzno, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Gmina Górzno, within Brodnica County in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Polish athlete Stanisława Walasiewicz was born here. References

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