Edward Fender
{{Short description|Polish luger (1942–2021)}}
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Edward Fender (8 August 1942 – 6 November 2021) was a Polish luger who competed during the mid-1960s. He won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1963 FIL World Luge Championships in Imst, Austria.
Fender also finished seventh in the men's doubles event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.
He died on 6 November 2021, at the age of 79.{{cite web|title=Saneczkarstwo. Zmarł Edward Fender|url=https://www.onet.pl/sport/onetsport/saneczkarstwo-zmarl-edward-fender-tacy-jak-on-rodza-sie-raz-na-sto-lat/1snwxdj,d87b6cc4|language=pl}}
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- [https://archive.today/20121204165409/http://www.hickoksports.com/history/worldluge.shtml Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.]
- Wallechinsky, David. (1984). "Luge - Men's singles". The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 575–6.
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Category:Lugers at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic lugers for Poland
Category:Sportspeople from Bielsko-Biała
Category:20th-century Polish sportsmen
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