Tadeusz Kowalski was a Polish military officer and sportsman.

Biography

Kowalski was a competitive pair skater

Pair skating

Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...

 with partner Zofia Bilorówna. They were nine time (1927–1935) Polish national champions

Polish Figure Skating Championships

The Polish Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Poland. They have been held annually since 1922. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles , ladies singles , pair skating , ice dancing , and...

. They won the bronze medal at the 1934 European Figure Skating Championships

European Figure Skating Championships

The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion...

. It was the first medal at that event for Poland. Their highest placement at the World Figure Skating Championships

World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...

 was 4th, which they accomplished in 1934.

Kowalski was also a footballer. Between 1912 and 1928, he played for the Czarni Lwow

Czarni Lwów

Czarni Lwów was one of the first Polish professional sports clubs with the well developed football section as well as hockey among the several other sports. The football club was started in the late 19th century in Lwów as a school football section Sława Lwów...

 team.

He was an officer of the Polish Army. He was killed during the Katyn massacre

Katyn massacre

The Katyn massacre, also known as the Katyn Forest massacre , was a mass execution of Polish nationals carried out by the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs , the Soviet secret police, in April and May 1940. The massacre was prompted by Lavrentiy Beria's proposal to execute all members of...

. In 2007, the Polish Minister of Defense

Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Poland

Ministry of National Defence is the office of government in Poland under the Minister of Defence. During the Second Polish Republic and World War II it was called the Ministry of Military Affairs...

 posthumously awarded him the rank of major.

Competitive highlights

Competition	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935
World Championships World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...								4th	5th
European Championship								3rd
Polish Championships Polish Figure Skating Championships The Polish Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Poland. They have been held annually since 1922. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles , ladies singles , pair skating , ice dancing , and...	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st