Józef Klukowski Explained

Józef Klukowski (2 January 1894 – 29 April 1945) was a Polish sculptor. In 1932 he won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Wieńczenie zawodnika" ("Sport Sculpture"). Four years later he won a silver medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Piłkarze" ("Football").^[1]

He took part in the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 and was killed on a transport from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp while being moved to Bergen-Belsen.^{[2] [3]}

References

• Book: The Games of the Xth Olympiad Los Angeles 1932 . Xth Olympiade Committee of the Games of Los Angeles, U.S.A. 1932 . 1933 . 748–765 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080410231532/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932s.pdf . 10 April 2008 . dead .
• Web site: Olympic Art Competition 1932 . Olympic Games Museum . Wagner, Juergen . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501135344/http://www.olympic-museum.de/art/1932.htm . 1 May 2008 . dead .
• In Search of the Lost Champions of the Olympic Art Contests . Kramer . Bernhard . Journal of Olympic History . 12 . 2 . May 2004 . 29–34 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080410082301/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv12n2/johv12n2m.pdf . 10 April 2008 . dead . 30 May 2016 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Józef Klukowski . Olympedia . 6 August 2020.
2. Józef Klukowski . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417231640/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kl/jozef-klukowski-2.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 29 May 2016.
3. Web site: Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . dead . 17 April 2020 . 24 July 2018 . Sports Reference.