![]() Dobrowolski in 1932 | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Małobądz, near Będzin, Congress Poland, Russian Empire | 2 January 1896||||||||||||||
Died | 25 February 1969 Warsaw, Polish People's Republic | (aged 73)||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Fencing, athletics | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Władysław Dobrowolski (2 January 1896 – 25 February 1969) was a Polish fencer and track and field athlete and major of the Polish Army in the defense of Warsaw during World War II. [1] During the interwar period, he won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1932 Summer Olympics. [2] [3]
As a young man, active in independence movement, Dobrowolski was a member of the Polish Military Organization. He fought in the Polish-Soviet War and in the September Campaign of World War II. He was held by the Germans in the Oflag X-A, Oflag X-B, Oflag X-C and Oflag VI-B prisoner-of-war camps. [4]
He was decorated in post-war Poland in 1947. [5]