Janusz Zalewski

Janusz Rajmund Zalewski (15 August 1903 – 6 August 1944) was a Polish sailor. He competed in the mixed 6 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics.^[1] Zalewski was wounded during the Warsaw Uprising and was killed in reprisals for the rebellion.^[2]

Janusz Zalewski

Personal information
Birth name	Janusz Rajmund Zalewski
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1903-08-15)15 August 1903 Zawiercie, Congress Poland
Died	6 August 1944(1944-08-06) (aged 40) Wola, Warsaw, German-occupied Poland

The Polish mixed 6 metres sailing team in 1936. Zalewski is third from the right.

Personal life

Zalewski served in the Warsaw Uprising as part of the Home Army during the Second World War.^[1] He was wounded on 1 August attacking German supply warehouses, and was sent to recover at a hospital in Wola. He was killed on 6 August by German soldiers during the Wola massacre.^[1][3][4]