Kazimierz Szempliński | |
Birth Date: | 7 January 1899 |
Birth Place: | Warsaw, Congress Poland |
Death Place: | Warsaw, Poland |
Sport: | Fencing |
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Kazimierz Włodzimierz Szempliński (7 January 1899 - 12 February 1971) was a Polish fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]
From November 1919 he was a member of Polish Armed Forces. Szempliński fought in the Polish-Soviet War and then in the September Campaign of World War II. During the latter, he served in the Łódź Army and fought at Sieradz and Warsaw.[2] Afterwards, he was held by the Germans in the Oflag II-C prisoner-of-war camp.[2]