Karol Gąsienica-Szostak
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nation | Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | October 11, 1908 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Zakopane , Austria-Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
date of death | January 26, 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Zakopane , Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nordic combined ski jumping cross-country skiing |
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society | Sokół Zakopane SN PTT Zakopane |
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Karol Gąsienica-Szostak (born October 11, 1908 in Zakopane ; † January 26, 1996 there ) was a Polish Nordic skier .
Career
Szostak, who mostly started for SN PTT Zakopane during his career, was Polish champion seven times. While he won the 5 × 10 km relay six times with his club SN PTT, he was individual winner in the Nordic Combined in 1930 before Bronisław Czech . He also won a medal in ski jumping in 1927 from the Łabajów in Wisła as third.
According to the Polish Olympic Committee, Gąsienica-Szostak took part in the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz , but did not finish the 18-kilometer race. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane in 1929 , he finished 25th in ski jumping and thirteenth in Nordic combined. A year later he finished 52nd in the 17 km cross-country skiing at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo in 1930 .
Web links
- Ski jumping results in the database of wyniki-skoki.hostingasp.pl (Polish)
- Portrait at the Polish Olympic Committee (Polish)
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SURNAME | Gąsienica-Szostak, Karol |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Szostak, Karol |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish skier |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1908 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Zakopane , Poland |
DATE OF DEATH | January 26, 1996 |
Place of death | Zakopane , Poland |