Stanisława Walasiewicz was born in 1911 in Wierzchownia near Górzno in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. When she was 14 months old, her parents emigrated to the United States and the family settled at Cleveland, Ohio. She already achieved success in sport as a teenager. She competed, among others, in athletics competitions for juniors. It was close, and she would represent the USA, because the authorities tempted her with a vision of citizenship.
The US government offered her American citizenship. “I’ve always felt Polish”
When she received a telegram from the Polish consul in New York, she did not hesitate. She decided that she would like to start with an eagle on her chest. – I have always felt Polish, I wanted hot for me and my countrymen who emigrated to America, played in Los Angeles Mazurek Dąbrowski And the Polish flag was pulled into the mast – said cited by Onet.pl. She won the gold medal for Poland in the 100 m race during the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
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Stanisława Walasiewicz faced the controversy because she was accused of a “male figure”, but her rival from the 100 m race during the 1936 Berlin Games was accused of gender fraud. Helen Stephens, who pushed our compatriot to second place, passed official sex tests, However, the results showed that suspicions were missed. Two years later, at the European Championships in Paris, Stanisława Walasiewicz won gold on the 100 and 200 m race.
After the section, they wanted to collect her titles and medals. However, this did not happen
During World War II, she lived in. After the end of her career, she became a trainer and collaborated with, among others, the Polish community “Sokół”. On December 4, 1980, when she was going to a basketball match, she went to the shopping center to buy white and red ribbons. In the parking lot she was attacked by two men who wanted to break her purse. One of them shot at Walasiewiczówna. The champion was taken to the hospital, where after several dozen minutes she died. At that time, American law ordered an autopsy to be carried out in the event of unnatural deaths. And so it happened in the case of Stanisława.
The section showed that Walasiewicz was an interpretation person, i.e. she had female and male genitals (not fully developed). There was a discussion in the media about taking away the Olympic titles and medals, but ultimately the International Olympic Committee and the International Federation of Light Athletics (IAAF) did not make such a decision.
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Source: Gazeta
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