Jadwiga Wajs

Jadwiga Wajs-Marcinkiewicz (30 January 1912 in Pabianice, Russian Empire – 1 February 1990) was a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw.

Jadwiga Wajs

Jadwiga Wajs in 1937
Personal information
Full name	Jadwiga Wajs-Marcinkiewicz
Born	(1912-01-30)30 January 1912 Pabianice, Russian Empire
Died	1 February 1990(1990-02-01) (aged 78)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Poland Olympic Games 1936 Berlin Discus throw 1932 Los Angeles Discus throw Women's World Games 1934 London Discus throw European Championships 1946 Oslo Discus throw

Career

She competed for Poland at the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States, in the women's discus throw event, winning the bronze medal.

The grave of Jadwiga Wajs at the Old Cemetery in Pabianice

Four years later she threw the discus again for Poland in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany where she split the German pair Gisela Mauermayer and Paula Mollenhauer in winning the silver medal. Jadwiga Wajs was Jewish,^[1] her father's ancestors came to Livonia and Poland from Westfalen in the 13th century. Their heraldic crest was the white swan.^[2]