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]