Jerzy Twardokens Explained

Jerzy Twardokens
Birth Date:11 December 1931
Birth Place:Poznań, Poland
Sport:Fencing
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Jerzy Twardokens (11 December 1931  - 26 July 2015) was a Polish fencer.[1] He competed in the individual foil and team sabre events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2]

After the World Fencing Championship in Philadelphia in 1958, Twardokens decided to stay in the United States. He later worked at the University of Nevada at Reno, where he was a professor who taught kinesiology.[3] His daughter Eva Twardokens represented the United States in alpine skiing at two Olympic Games.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jerzy Twardokens . Olympedia . 28 April 2021.
  2. Web site: Jerzy Twardokens Olympic Results . 2010-09-19 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121103060323/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tw/jerzy-twardokens-1.html . 3 November 2012 .
  3. News: U.S. Ski Team Alumna Twardokens Injured in Plane Crash . 20 May 2021 . US Ski & Snowboard . 2 Feb 2019.

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