Józef Kiszkurno
Polish sports shooter
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Józef Kiszkurno (1 February 1895 – 8 February 1981) was a Polish sports shooter. He competed in the trap event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
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| Personal information | |
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| Born | 1 February 1895 Nowowardowszczyzna, Minsk Voblast, Russian Empire |
| Died | 8 February 1981 (aged 86) Iwno, Poland |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Sports shooting |
Biography
Son of Adam Kiszkurno and Maria Sycz, he attended high school in Kalisz.[2] He represented the clubs Legia Warsaw (1928-1955), Zawisza Bydgoszcz and Ogniwo Łódź (1949-1950).[2] Between the years 1928-1953 he won the shooting championships of Poland 19 times, in 1931 he won the championship of Europe. In 1931, 1936 and 1938 he won the world championships.[2]
After World War II he became a shooting coach. He had a son, Zygmunt Kiszkurno,[2] also a sport shooter who competed in the men's trap event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[3]
Józef Kiszkurno was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta and the Gold Cross of Merit.[2]
