Zdzisław Szczęsny Kawecki-Gozdawa (May 21, 1902 in

Husiatyn Husiatyn ( uk, Гусятин; yi, הוסיאַטין, Husyatin) is an urban-type settlement in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Alternate spellings include Gusyatin, Husyatin, and Hsiatyn. It hosts the administratio ...

– April 1940 in Katyn) was a Polish

horse rider Equestrianism (from Latin , , , 'horseman', 'horse'), commonly known as horse riding (Commonwealth English) or horseback riding (American English), includes the disciplines of riding, driving, and vaulting. This broad description includes the ...

who competed in 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 ...

. In 1936 he and his horse ''Bambino'' won the silver medal as part of the Polish

eventing Eventing (also known as three day eventing or horse trials) is an equestrian event where a single horse and rider combine and compete against other competitors across the three disciplines of dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. Thi ...

team, after finishing 18th in the individual eventing competition. Kawecki was killed by Soviet forces in the

Katyn massacre The Katyn massacre, "Katyń crime"; russian: link=yes, Катынская резня ''Katynskaya reznya'', "Katyn massacre", or russian: link=no, Катынский расстрел, ''Katynsky rasstrel'', "Katyn execution" was a series of m ...

in April 1940, aged 37.

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1902 births 1940 deaths People from Husiatyn Polish male equestrians Event riders Olympic equestrians of Poland Equestrians at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Poland Katyn massacre victims Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Polish military personnel killed in World War II {{Poland-equestrian-bio-stub