Józef Broel-Plater

Józef Broel-Plater
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

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]

Plater volunteered for the French Army in October 1914, and fought in the 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

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 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.

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[SportsRef-1] 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.

[PKOL-2] Profile at the website of the Polish Olympic Committee

[3] Dachau Database Record at stevemorse.org

[WWII-4] "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.