Jerzy Braun

Jerzy Walerian Braun (13 April 1911 – 8 March 1968) was a Polish rower who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Jerzy Braun
Braun in 1932
Personal information
Birth nameJerzy Walerian Braun
Born13 April 1911
Bromberg, Western Prussia, German Empire
Died8 March 1968(1968-03-08) (aged 56)
Crawley, United Kingdom
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubBTW, Bydgoszcz
WTW, Warszawa
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Poland
Olympic Games
1932 Los AngelesCoxed pair
1932 Los AngelesCoxed four
European Rowing Championships
1929 Bydgoszcz Coxless four
1933 Budapest Coxed pair

Braun was born in Bromberg in Western Prussia in 1911; the town was renamed Bydgoszcz when it became part of Poland.[1]

He won the silver medal as member of the Polish boat in the coxed pairs competition as well as the bronze medal as member of the Polish boat in the coxed fours competition. Four years later he was part of the Polish boat which was eliminated in the repechage of the coxed pair event.[1]

During World War II he fought in the Polish Armed Forces in the West as an officer in the Second Polish Army Corps.[2] After the war Braun moved to England where he died aged 56 on 8 March 1968 at Crawley, he is buried at Snell Hatch Cemetery in West Green.[2]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jerzy Braun". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  2. "Polish group's vow over Olympic Hero – Repairs bid for grave of rowing medallist". Crawley News. East Surrey and Sussex News and Media: 6. 8 February 2012.
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