Adam Królikiewicz
Polish equestrian (1894–1966) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adam Łukasz Królikiewicz (9 December 1894 – 4 May 1966) was a Polish horse rider, major of Polish Army, who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Lviv. He died in Konstancin-Jeziorna. He was a member of Polish Legions and fought in World War I.
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Full name | Adam Łukasz Królikiewicz | ||||||||||||||
Born | 9 December 1894 (1894-12-09) Lemberg, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Lviv, Ukraine) | ||||||||||||||
Died | 4 May 1966 (1966-05-05) (aged 71) Konstancin-Jeziorna, Poland | ||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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In 1924 he and his horse Picador won the bronze medal in the individual jumping competition. As part of the Polish jumping team they finishing sixth in the team jumping competition.[1][2]
In 1966 he died in an accident, when he fell from a horse during the filming of Andrzej Wajda's film Popioły.