Janusz Zalewski

{{Short description|Polish sailor (1903–1944)}}

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{{Infobox sailor

|image=Chwała olimpijczykom - s.096 - Janusz Zalewski.tif

|name=Janusz Zalewski

|birth_name=Janusz Rajmund Zalewski

|nationality=Polish

|birth_date={{Birth date|1903|08|15|df=yes}}

|birth_place=Zawiercie, Congress Poland

|death_date={{Death date and age|1944|08|06|1903|08|15|df=yes}}

|death_place=Wola, Warsaw, German-occupied Poland

}}

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Janusz Rajmund Zalewski (15 August 1903 – 6 August 1944) was a Polish sailor. He competed in the mixed 6 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics.{{Cite sports-reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/janusz-zalewski-1.html|title=Janusz Zalewski Olympic Results|access-date=21 May 2020|archive-date=16 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216001604/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/janusz-zalewski-1.html|url-status=dead}} Zalewski was wounded during the Warsaw Uprising and was killed in reprisals for the rebellion.{{Cite sports-reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65|title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War|access-date=21 May 2020|archive-date=17 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65|url-status=dead}}

Personal life

Zalewski served in the Warsaw Uprising as part of the Home Army during the Second World War. He was wounded on 1 August attacking German supply warehouses, and was sent to recover at a hospital in Wola. He was killed on 6 August by German soldiers during the Wola massacre.{{cite web |last1=Szerle |first1=Jędrzej |title=Losy polskich olimpijczyków – klasy R-6, Tornado i Europa |url=https://zeglarski.info/artykuly/losy-polskich-olimpijczykow-klasy-r-6-tornado-i-europa/ |publisher=Zeglarksi |accessdate=25 May 2020 |language=Polish |date=14 October 2016}}{{cite book | last1 = Jucewicz | first1 = Andrzej | last2 = Stępiński | first2 = Włodzimierz | title =Chwała olimpijczykom, 1939-1945 | publisher = Wydawnictwo "Sport i Turystyka"| location =Warsaw | year =1968 | oclc = 61559795| language = pl|pages=93–97}}

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