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Janusz Zalewski

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Janusz Zalewski
Personal information
Birth nameJanusz Rajmund Zalewski
NationalityPolish
Born(1903-08-15)15 August 1903
Zawiercie, Congress Poland
Died6 August 1944(1944-08-06) (aged 40)
Wola, Warsaw, German-occupied Poland
The Polish mixed 6 metres sailing team in 1936. Zalewski is third from the right.

Janusz Rajmund Zalewski (15 August 1903 – 6 August 1944) was a Polish sailor. He competed in the mixed 6 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1] Zalewski was wounded during the Warsaw Uprising and was killed in reprisals for the rebellion.[2]

Personal life

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Zalewski served in the Warsaw Uprising as part of the Home Army during the Second World War.[1] He was wounded on 1 August attacking German supply warehouses, and was sent to recover at a hospital in Wola. He was killed on 6 August by German soldiers during the Wola massacre.[1][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Janusz Zalewski Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  3. ^ Szerle, Jędrzej (14 October 2016). "Losy polskich olimpijczyków – klasy R-6, Tornado i Europa" (in Polish). Zeglarksi. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  4. ^ Jucewicz, Andrzej; Stępiński, Włodzimierz (1968). Chwała olimpijczykom, 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: Wydawnictwo "Sport i Turystyka". pp. 93–97. OCLC 61559795.


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