Kazimierz Skrzypecki

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Kazimierz Skrzypecki (* 1909 or 1910; † January 22, 1964 in Innsbruck ) was a British luge rider .

Career

Skrzypecki was born in Poland and fled to Great Britain after the occupation of his homeland by National Socialist Germany during World War II .

In 1964 he came to Innsbruck for the premiere of the luge competitions at the Olympic Winter Games . At 54, Skrzypecki was the oldest athlete to compete in the Innsbruck Games. A week before the start of the games, he had an accident while training on the bobsleigh and toboggan run in Igls . On January 22, 1964 around 10:30 in the morning, he drove over the edge of the uppermost curve at a speed of about 50 km / h, spun 10 to 15 m through the air and then hit a frozen meadow. A skull fracture and a fracture of the upper arm were found in the hospital; in the evening Skrzypecki died from his injuries.

literature

  • Wei Yew: The Olympic Image: The First 100 Years. Quon Editions, 1996
  • John E. Findling and Kimberly D. Pelle: Historical Dictionary of the Modern Olympic Movement. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996

Remarks

  1. ↑ In the literature, the anglicized spelling Skrzypeski and the name Kay , sometimes as a short form of the first name Kazimierz , sometimes as part of the surname in the form Kay-Skrzypeski can also be found .
  2. ↑ In some of the literature, the ages 50 and 58 can also be found.
personal data
SURNAME Skrzypecki, Kazimierz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kay-Skrzypeski, Kazimierz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British luge rider
DATE OF BIRTH 1909 or 1910
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1964
Place of death innsbruck