Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypecki
Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypecki (or Kay-Skrzypeski) (1909[1] – 23 January 1964[2]) was a Polish-born British luge racer.
Kay-Skrzypecki was a former pilot in the Royal Air Force.[3] He died during one of the training runs for the first Olympic luge competition at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.[4] Three days later, on 26 January 1964, Australian downhill skier Ross Milne also died.[4][5] The Opening Ceremonies of the Games were held on 29 January 1964.[5]
References
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- ↑ John E. Findling, Kimberly D. Pelle, Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement, Greenwood Press, 2004, ISBN 0-313-32278-3, p. 346.
- ↑ "Flashback to Luge's 1964 Debut" winterolympics.si.com (Retrieved on 17 February 2010)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 John E. Findling, Kimberly D. Pelle, Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement, Greenwood Press, 2004, ISBN 0-313-32278-3, p. 347.
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