Józef Broel-Plater

Józef Jan Andrzej Joachim Broel-Plater (15 November 1890 – 30 June 1941) was a Polish bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 1928 Winter Olympics.[1]

Józef Broel-Plater
Personal information
NationalityPolish
Born(1890-11-15)15 November 1890
Kombuļi, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Latvia)
Died30 June 1941(1941-06-30) (aged 50)
Dachau, Nazi Germany
Sport
SportBobsleigh

Plater volunteered for the French Army in October 1914, and fought in the World War I. Afterwards he joined the Polish Army, and worked as a translator at its General Staff.[2] In January 1940 he was arrested by Nazi German authorities and imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp. He died there on 30 June 1941.[3][4]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Józef Broel-Plater Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  2. Profile at the website of the Polish Olympic Committee
  3. Dachau Database Record at stevemorse.org
  4. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.


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