Zygmunt Kiszkurno (6 January 1921 – 24 August 2012)[1] was a Polish sport shooter who competed in the men's trap event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he finished 15th in a field of 32 competitors.[2] He was born in Brudzew, Turek County and completed high school in 1939 in Warsaw. He trained in Łódź to be a dentist and received a medical degree from the University of Warsaw in 1969. During this time he also served in the Polish Land Forces, eventually achieving the rank of Pułkownik.[3]
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| Born | 6 January 1921 Brudzew, Poland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 August 2012 (aged 91) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sports shooting | ||||||||||||||
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Kiszkurno continued shooting competitively following his Olympic appearance and was the Polish national champion in trap shooting in 1957 and 1969. Additionally, he won a silver medal at the 1964 European Shooting Championships. His father Józef competed in the same event in the previous year's Olympic Games and placed 9th.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ "Zygmunt Kiszkurno". Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). Agora SA. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- ^ a b Gjerde, Arild; Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon; Hilary Evans (2010). "Zygmunt Kiszkurno Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics. Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
- ^ a b "KISZKURNO ZYGMUNT". Biographies (in Polish). Polish Olympic Committee. 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
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