Józef Jan Andrzej Joachim Broel-Plater (15 November 1890 – 30 June 1941) was a Polish bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 1928 Winter Olympics.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Polish |
| Born | 15 November 1890 Kombuļi, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Latvia) |
| Died | 30 June 1941 (aged 50) Dachau, Nazi Germany |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Bobsleigh |
Plater volunteered for the French Army in October 1914, and fought in World War I. Afterwards he joined the Polish Army, and worked as a translator at its General Staff.[2] In January 1940, he was arrested by Nazi German authorities and imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp. He died there on 30 June 1941.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Józef Broel-Plater Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ Profile Archived 1 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine at the website of the Polish Olympic Committee
- ^ Dachau Database Record at stevemorse.org
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
External links
edit- Józef Broel-Plater at Olympedia
- Józef Broel-Plater at the Polish Olympic Committee (archived) (in Polish)
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