Wojciech Trojanowski Explained

Wojciech Trojanowski
Nationality:Polish
Sport:Track and field
Event:110 metres hurdles
Birth Date:25 September 1904
Birth Place:Kraków, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:London, Great Britain

Wojciech Trojanowski (25 September 1904  - 16 June 1988) was a Polish hurdler.[1] He competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[2]

His club was AZS Warsaw.

Trojanowski fought in the defence of 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 XI-B and Oflag II-C prisoner-of-war camps.[3] He escaped German captivity in January 1945, during an evacuation of the Oflag II-C camp.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wojciech Trojanowski . Olympedia . 14 June 2021.
  2. Wojciech Trojanowski Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418060900/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tr/wojciech-trojanowski-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 13 September 2017.
  3. Urban. Renata. 2021. Polscy olimpijczycy w niemieckich obozach jenieckich. Łambinowicki rocznik muzealny. Opole. pl. 44. 39. 0137-5199.