Jan Ślusarczyk

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameJan•Ślusarczyk
Used nameJan•Ślusarczyk
Born20 November 1903 in Bąkowa Góra, Łódzkie (POL)
Died31 August 1980 in Warszawa (Warsaw), Mazowieckie (POL)
NOC Poland

Biography

Jan Ślusarczyk was a Polish sculptor, ceramist, painter and educator, and a professor at the Warszawa Academy of Fine Arts. After school, he initially worked in the local administration office. From 1926, he studied at the School of Applied Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts in Warszawa. Due to the outbreak of war he was not able to work as a sculptor before 1945 and became a member of the Association of Polish Visual Artists. Ślusarczyk later became an administrator in various artists’ associations and cultural institutions in Warszawa. Among other things, he created numerous monuments for the Army. In Egypt he was also active as a conservator.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1948 Summer Olympics Art Competitions POL Jan Ślusarczyk
Sculpturing, Statues, Open (Olympic) AC