Edmund Jankowski
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Edmund Bernard Jankowski (August 28, 1903 - November 1, 1939) was a Polish
rower
who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
.
In 1928 he won the bronze medal as member of the Polish boat in the coxed fours event.
He fought in the September Campaign of World War II
. Jankowski was executed in the Valley of Death
, Bydgoszcz.
He was born in Wrocki
, Golub-Dobrzyń County
and died in Bydgoszcz.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
rower
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...
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In 1928 he won the bronze medal as member of the Polish boat in the coxed fours event.
He fought in the September Campaign of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. Jankowski was executed in the Valley of Death
Valley of Death (Bydgoszcz)
Valley of Death in Fordon, Bydgoszcz, northern Poland, is a site of Nazi German mass murder and a mass grave of 5,000 – 6,600 Poles and Jews murdered in October and November 1939 by the local Germans and the Gestapo...
, Bydgoszcz.
He was born in Wrocki
Wrocki
Wrocki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Golub-Dobrzyń, within Golub-Dobrzyń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies north-east of Golub-Dobrzyń and north-east of Toruń.-References:...
, Golub-Dobrzyń County
Golub-Dobrzyn County
Golub-Dobrzyń County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is the...
and died in Bydgoszcz.