Milan Stepišnik Explained

Milan Stepišnik
Nationality:Slovenian
Sport:Athletics
Event:Hammer throw
Birth Date:11 November 1910
Birth Place:Ljubljana, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
Death Place:Kočevje, Yugoslavia

Milan Stepišnik (11 November 1910  - 18 November 1950) was a Slovenian athlete. He competed in the men's hammer throw at the 1936 Summer Olympics, representing Yugoslavia.[1]

During World War II, Stepisnik refused to make the Nazi salute in games; he was later imprisoned in Dachau, and following the Dachau trials he was sentenced to death by a firing squad.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Milan Stepišnik Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003620/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/milan-stepisnik-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 20 January 2018.
  2. Web site: Milan Stepišnik . PublishWall . 25 August 2018 .