Jadwiga Wajs

Jadwiga Wajs-Marcinkiewicz

Jadwiga Wajs in 1937
Personal information
Born	January 30, 1912 Pabianice, Russian Empire
Died	February 1, 1990
Medal record Women's athletics Competitor for  Poland Women's World Games 1934 London Discus throw Olympic Games 1936 Berlin Discus throw 1932 Los Angeles Discus throw

Jadwiga Wajs-Marcinkiewicz (January 30, 1912 in Pabianice, Russian Empire – February 1, 1990) was a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw.

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]

See also

• List of select Jewish track and field athletes

References

1. "The Nazi Olympics (Berlin 1936)—Jewish Athletes; Olympic Medalists". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
2. "Jadwiga Wajs-Marcinkiewicz" (in Polish). Zjednoczenie Pabianickie. April 19, 2008. Retrieved July 18, 2015.

External links

• sports-reference