Jan Nawrocki
{{Short description|Polish fencer (1913–2000)}}
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| birth_place = Strzyżów, Austria-Hungary
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Jan Nawrocki (6 September 1913 – 19 June 2000) was a Polish fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/jan-nawrocki-1.html |title=Jan Nawrocki Olympic Results |accessdate=21 June 2010 |work=sports-reference.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130232231/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/jan-nawrocki-1.html |archivedate=30 January 2012 }}
Family
His sister, Irena Nawrocka, was also an Olympic fencer. She and their first cousin, Halina Dobrowolska (during the war, Halina Korabiowska), served as messengers for Home Army during World War II. The two cousins and three other female Home Army messengers narrowly escaped during a forced march to Ozarow.{{cite book|title=The Zookeeper's Wife|author=Ackerman, Diane|pages=5–6, Chapter 34}}
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Category:People from Strzyżów County
Category:Olympic fencers for Poland
Category:Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers from Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Category:Sportspeople from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Category:Polish Austro-Hungarians
Category:20th-century Polish sportsmen
Category:21st-century Polish sportsmen
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