Leon Birkholc
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Leon Birkholc was a Polish
rower
who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
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In 1928 he won the bronze medal as member of the Polish boat in the coxed fours event.
He was born in Crone an der Brahe
, Kreis Bromberg
and died in Kłodzko.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
rower
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...
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In 1928 he won the bronze medal as member of the Polish boat in the coxed fours event.
He was born in Crone an der Brahe
Koronowo
Koronowo is a town on the Brda River in Poland, located in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, 25 km from Bydgoszcz, with 10,818 inhabitants . It is located at N 53°19 - E 17°56...
, Kreis Bromberg
Kreis Bromberg
Kreis Bromberg was one of several Kreise 1818-75 in the northern administrative district of Bromberg, in the Prussian province of Posen, later divided into Stadtkreis and Landkreis Bromberg, reconstructed under Nazi occupation of Poland 1939-1945 in Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia.- Communities :The...
and died in Kłodzko.