Jadwiga Wajs
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Jadwiga Wajs in 1937
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Born | January 30, 1912 Pabianice, Russian Empire |
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Died | February 1, 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Jadwiga Wajs-Marcinkiewicz (January 30, 1912 in Pabianice, Russian Empire – February 1, 1990) was a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw.
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Career
She competed for Poland at the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, USA, in the women's discus throw event, winning the bronze medal.
Four years later she threw the discus again for Poland in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany where she split the German pair Gisela Mauermayer and Paula Mollenhauer in winning the silver medal. She was mentioned on the list of a number of Jewish athletes who won medals at the Nazi Olympics in Berlin in 1936.[1] Her father's ancestors came to Livonia and Poland from Westfalen in the 13th century. Their heraldic crest was the white swan.[2]
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Preceded by | Women's Discus World Record Holder May 15, 1932 – June 19, 1932 |
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Preceded by | Women's Discus World Record Holder June 19, 1932 – June 2, 1935 |
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- Olympic silver medalists for Poland
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