Major of the Polish Army, cavalryman and one of the most talented Polish riders of the 1936s, Olympic silver medalist in the team eventing competition in Berlin (XNUMX).
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Born on October 23, 1900 in Radom.
Son of Antoni Franciszek (an accountant in a local factory) and Maria née Grzywacz.
Due to the war, he took his secondary school-leaving examination (8-grade program) in installments: part in the Warsaw Gimnazjum im. M. Reja (February 25, 1919) and the (final) part before the Committee of the Ministry of WRiOP in the capital (February 25, 1920).
He joined the Polish Army (December 9, 1918) and fought for several months in the composition of the 1st Krechowice Lancers (Gródek Jagielloński). (1921) and lieutenant (1921) served in the 10th Regiment of Mounted Riflemen.
His further military career is related to: a horse riding instructor course at the Cavalry Training Center in Grudziądz (1930-1931), the function of an officer class instructor of this training facility (since 1932) and a squadron commander in the 7th Regiment. (since 1937). Kulesza hit it well. His superiors were great horsemen. He had an excellent opinion with them. The commander of the CWK Horse Riding School, Adam Królikiewicz, and the chief horse riding inspector, Major Antoniewicz, had no words of appreciation for him. An outstanding officer, an outstanding rider, a very good instructor, promises even greater hopes, very ambitious, dutiful, loyal - they wrote in their opinions.
Read more in PCBJ (click to go to the Polish Digital Equestrian Library) and/ or on the PKOL website (click to go to the Olimp.pl website).
Author Polish Olympic Committee – olympic.pl
Entry updated: 14.05.2023/XNUMX/XNUMX
Seweryn Kulesza died in Los Angeles on May 14, 1983, aged 83.
Publications in the 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):
“Polish Olympic riders of the interwar period, part II” (2019) – Hanna Łysakowska
“Polish Olympic riders of the interwar period, part I” (2018) – Hanna Łysakowska
“Berlin 1936, or about the famous Polish Olympic eventing competition” [link] (2012)
"Seweryn Kulesza" (2012) - Witold Duński
“Riders-Olympians of the Second Polish Republic” (2012) – Renata Urban
“Riders-Olympians of the Second Polish Republic” [fragments] – Renata Urban
"Olympic Riders" (2000) - Hanna Łysakowska
“History of horse riding, part XII” (1992) – Witold Domański
“History of horse riding, part XI” (1992) – Witold Domański
“Poles in the Nations Cup, 1923-1982” (1982) – Witold Domański
“Berlin Olympics 1936” (1982) – Witold Pruski
“Equestrian sport in horse arms of the Second Polish Republic” (1974) – Zygmunt Bielecki
“Polish horse riding in 1936” (1937) – Leon Kon
“Die Reitkunst Der Welt an des olympischen spielen 1936” [DE][EN][FR] (1937) – G. Rau
“Horse Games of the 1936th Olympiad” (XNUMX) – Leon Kon
“Horses at the 1936 Olympics – Tośka” (1936)
“The Olympic jury d`appel took away the silver medal from Poland in the Militari competition” (1936)
“Hard-fought – silver Olympic medal” (1936) – Tadeusz Grabowski
“International horse competition in Riga” (1936) – Adam Królikiewicz
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