Karol Szenajch

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameKarol Wilhelm•Szenajch (Schöneich)
Used nameKarol•Szenajch
Born11 February 1907 in Warszawa (Warsaw), Mazowieckie (POL)
Died1 August 2001 in Montréal, Québec (CAN)
AffiliationsLegia Warszawa, Warszawa (POL)
NOC Poland

Biography

Karol Szenajch played for Legia Warszawa, winning the 1933 Polish Championship in a tie with Pogonią Lwów. He played for Poland at three World Championships (1930-31, 1933) and was part of the team that won the 1928 World Students’ Championships. For the St. Moritz Winter Olympics, Szenajch was initially considered a reserve player, but he played the second game against Czechoslovakia. Nationally, he played one year for WTL Warszawa (1926-27) before joining Legia Warszawa until 1935. In 1932 he graduated from the Warszawa University of Technology with a degree in electrical engineering. When World War II broke out, Szenajch was onboard a ship returning from the World Exhibition in New York, when the ship returned to Montréal, where he stayed in exile and eventually died.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1928 Winter Olympics Ice Hockey (Ice Hockey) POL Karol Szenajch
Ice Hockey, Men (Olympic) Poland =8

Olympic family relations

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