| Aleksander Kowalski | |||||||||
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| Born | (1902-10-07)7 October 1902 Warsaw, Poland | ||||||||
| Died | 3 April 1940(1940-04-03) (aged 37) Katyn, Poland | ||||||||
Ice hockey player
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Aleksander Marek Kowalski (7 October 1902 – 3 April 1940) was a Polish ice hockey defenceman who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics and in the 1932 Winter Olympics.
Biography
He was born in Warsaw, Poland and was killed in the Katyn massacre, aged 37. His family received the last postcard on 11 February 1940. His exact date of death is unknown, but he was on the list of the NKVD dated 3 April 1940.
In 1928 he participated with the Polish ice hockey team in the Olympic tournament.
Four years later he was a member of the Polish team which finished fourth in the 1932 Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored two goals. This made him the top scorer for the team, scoring two out of the team's three goals
References
- ^ "Aleksander Kowalski". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- Lista Katynska, Gryf 1989 Page 97
- Allen Paul Katyn Naval Institute, 1996 ISBN 1-55750-670-1 Page 233
- "Homepage". eurolympic.com.
- "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- "III Olympic Winter Games - Lake Placid 1932" (PDF). www.la84foundation.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
Further reading
- The murderers of Katyn by Vladimir Abaeinov Hippocrene Books, 1993 ISBN 0-7818-0032-3
External links
[REDACTED] Media related to Aleksander Kowalski (ice hockey) at Wikimedia Commons
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- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Aleksander Kowalski at Olympedia (archive)
- Aleksander Kowalski at Olympics.com
- Aleksander Marek Kowalski at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (in Polish) (archive 2018, archive 2013)
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- 1902 births
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- Executed people from Masovian Voivodeship
- Ice hockey players at the 1928 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 1932 Winter Olympics
- Katyn massacre victims
- Olympic ice hockey players for Poland
- Polish ice hockey defencemen
- Sportspeople from Warsaw
- People from Warsaw Governorate
- Polish military personnel killed in World War II
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