Stanisław Sośnicki Explained

Stanisław Sośnicki
Nationality:Polish
Sport:Track and field
Event:100m, long jump
Birth Date:12 September 1896
Birth Place:Warsaw, Russian Empire
Death Place:Warsaw, Poland

Stanisław Adam Sośnicki (12 September 1896  - 2 July 1962) was a Polish military officer, diplomat, sprinter and long jumper.[1] He competed in the men's 100 metres and the long jump events at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[2]

His clubs were Czarni Lwów, Korona Warsaw, Polonia Warsaw and AZS Warsaw.

Sośnicki fought in the battles of Bydgoszcz, Bzura and Warsaw against the German invasion of Poland at the start of World War II.[3] Afterwards, he was held by the Germans in the Oflag X-C and Oflag II-C prisoner-of-war camps.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stanisław Sośnicki . Olympedia . 15 September 2021.
  2. Web site: Stanisław Sośnicki Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418011722/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/stanislaw-sosnicki-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 27 October 2012 . sports-reference.com.
  3. Urban. Renata. 2021. Polscy olimpijczycy w niemieckich obozach jenieckich. Łambinowicki rocznik muzealny. Opole. pl. 44. 38. 0137-5199.