Władysław Dobrowolski | |
Birth Date: | 2 January 1896 |
Birth Place: | Małobądz, near Będzin, Congress Poland, Russian Empire |
Death Place: | Warsaw, Polish People's Republic |
Sport: | Fencing, athletics |
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Władysław Dobrowolski (2 January 1896 - 25 February 1969) was a Polish fencer and track and field athlete and major of the Polish Army in the defense of Warsaw during World War II.[1] During the interwar period, he won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1932 Summer Olympics.[2] [3]
As a young man, active in independence movement, Dobrowolski was a member of the Polish Military Organization. He fought in the Polish-Soviet War and in the September Campaign of World War II. He was held by the Germans in the Oflag X-A, Oflag X-B, Oflag X-C and Oflag VI-B prisoner-of-war camps.[4]
He was decorated in post-war Poland in 1947.[5]