Jadwiga Wajs
Jadwiga Wajs in 1937
Personal information
Full nameJadwiga Wajs-Marcinkiewicz
Born(1912-01-30)30 January 1912
Pabianice, Russian Empire
Died1 February 1990(1990-02-01) (aged 78)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Poland
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1936 Berlin Discus throw
Bronze medal – third place 1932 Los Angeles Discus throw
Women's World Games
Gold medal – first place 1934 London Discus throw
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place1946 OsloDiscus throw

Jadwiga Wajs-Marcinkiewicz (30 January 1912 in Pabianice, Russian Empire – 1 February 1990) was a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw.

Career

She competed for Poland at the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States, in the women's discus throw event, winning the bronze medal.

The grave of Jadwiga Wajs at the Old Cemetery in Pabianice

Four years later she threw the discus again for Poland in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany where she split the German pair Gisela Mauermayer and Paula Mollenhauer in winning the silver medal. Jadwiga Wajs was Jewish,[1] her father's ancestors came to Livonia and Poland from Westfalen in the 13th century. Their heraldic crest was the white swan.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Anderson, Sheldon (2017-09-08). The Forgotten Legacy of Stella Walsh: The Greatest Female Athlete of Her Time. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-4422-7756-4. Poland's great discus thrower Jadwiga Wajs was of Jewish ...
  2. ↑ "Jadwiga Wajs-Marcinkiewicz" (in Polish). Zjednoczenie Pabianickie. April 19, 2008. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
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