Polish athlete, winner of 10 000 m at the 1932 Summer Olympics.Just about a month before the Los Angeles Olympics, Kusocinski runs a new world record in 3000 m (8:18.8) and later on that year, he sets a new unofficial world record in 4 miles (19:02.6). At the Olympics themselves, Kusocinski wins a close battle against the Finns Volmari Iso-Hollo and Lasse Virtanen in 10 000 m with a world seasons best time 30:11.4.After finishing second in the first European Championships at Turin in 5000 m, Kusocinski decided to retire from athletics, but made a comeback in 1939 by winning the 10 000 m at the Polish National Championships.Kusocinski volunteered to the Polish army, after Poland was attacked by Germans and was wounded twice. Janusz Kusocinski was arrested by Gestapo on March 26, 1940 during the AB Action. He was executed three months later in Palmiry near Warsaw.
Polish athlete, winner of 10 000 m at the 1932 Summer Olympics.Just about a month before the Los Angeles Olympics, Kusocinski runs a new world record in 3000 m (8:18.8) and later on that year, he sets a new unofficial world record in 4 miles (19:02.6). At the Olympics themselves, Kusocinski wins a close battle against the Finns Volmari Iso-Hollo and Lasse Virtanen in 10 000 m with a world seasons best time 30:11.4.After finishing second in the first European Championships at Turin in 5000 m, Kusocinski decided to retire from athletics, but made a comeback in 1939 by winning the 10 000 m at the Polish National Championships.Kusocinski volunteered to the Polish army, after Poland was attacked by Germans and was wounded twice. Janusz Kusocinski was arrested by Gestapo on March 26, 1940 during the AB Action. He was executed three months later in Palmiry near Warsaw.
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