Author of the drawing: Sławomir Szereda
Breeder: United states army
Patron:
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[USA] (NN) (gelding) b. 1909
The horse on which Rtm. Adam Królikiewicz won the first bronze medal for Poland at the Olympic Games in Paris in 1924.
Picador came from the American military surplus and served in the Polish army in the camps. There he was spotted by Adam Królikiewicz, who at that time was watching the trainings of a sports group led by Karol Rómmel, and then repeated these exercises on the Picador.
The Królikiewicz / Picador pair won the Grand Prize of Lucerne 1924, the Grand Prize of Nice 1925 and the Grand Prize of Rome 1926.
You can read more about Picador in Adam Królikiewicz's articles published in the magazine Section no. 692 (28/1958) pp. 16-18 and No. 693 (29/1958) pp. 18,19, XNUMX (links will redirect to www.pcbj.pl).
Polish Digital Equestrian Library:
Click on the links below to access related materials in the Polish Digital Equestrian Library (will open in a new tab):
"Królikiewicz et al" (2023) - Grzegorz Gajewski
"Establishing 2024 as the Year of Polish Olympians" (2023)
"History of horse riding, part VIII” (1991) – Witold Domański
"History of horse riding, part VII” (1990) – Witold Domański
"The development of equestrian competitions in the years 1924-1926" (1982) - Witold Pruski
"Poles in the Nations Cup, 1923-1982" (1982) - Witold Domański
"Portrait of an Olympian Picador part. 1” (1958) – Adam Królikiewicz
"Portrait of an Olympian Picador part. 2” (1958) – Adam Królikiewicz
"Jasiek, Picador and Ja(1958) - Adam Królikiewicz
"Polish equestrianism at the VIII Olympiad" (1924) - Leon Kon
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"White and Red on the Mast in Paris" [link] (2020) - Lech Ufel
"88 years ago Poles won the first Olympic medals" [link] (2012)
"The first medal and the last charge" [link] - Ewa Olkuśnik
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