Aleksander Kowalski (ski jumper)

Aleksander Kowalski
nation	Poland
birthday	July 20, 1930
place of birth	Zakopane ,  Poland
size	175 cm
date of death	February 7, 2009
Place of death	Kościelisko , Poland
Career
discipline	Nordic combined ski jumping
society	Wisła-Gwardia Zakopane
Trainer	Marian Woyna Orlewicz
Medal table
PM medals (NK) 2 × 2 × 1 × PM Medals (SP) 1 × 0 × 1 ×
Polish championships silver 1953 Zakopane Single NK silver 1954 Wisła Single NK bronze 1955 Zakopane Single NK gold 1956 Szklarska Poręba Single NK gold 1957 Zakopane Single NK  Polish championships gold 1953 Szczyrk Normal hill bronze 1956 Szklarska Poręba Normal hill

Aleksander "Olek" Kowalski (born July 20, 1930 in Zakopane , † February 7, 2009 in Kościelisko ) was a Polish skier who competed for Wisła-Gwardia Zakopane . He was twice Polish champion in Nordic combined and in 1953 in ski jumping .

Career

Kowalski won the Czech Marusarzówna Memorial Competition of the Nordic Combined in 1952 and 1957 and was also able to attract attention in 1954 and 1956 with second place. Kowalski was a participant in the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy . He finished fifteenth in the Nordic Combined competition. After jumping he was still fifth, but with a poor mileage he lost a few places.

Kowalski was able to achieve his greatest successes at the national championships. In 1956 and 1957 he was Polish champion in Nordic combined. In 1953 he was also able to win the championship title in ski jumping ahead of Antoni Wieczorek and Jan Kula .

Personal

Kowalski had a sister, Maria Kowalska , who competed in the 1952 and 1956 Olympic Winter Games as an alpine skier. His first-born son Andrzej also became a skier and, in 1982, ski jumping champion with the team.

Web links

• Aleksander Kowalski on Olympic.org  - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
• Aleksander Kowalski in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Portrait at the Polish Olympic Committee (Polish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Odszedł kolejny olimpijczyk. In: skijumping.pl. February 20, 2009, accessed March 13, 2019 (Polish). 
2. ↑ Odszedł kolejny olimpijczyk. In: skijumping.pl. February 20, 2009, accessed March 13, 2019 (Polish).