Piotr Jan Nurowski (20 June 1945 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish tennis player and the chief of the

Polish Olympic Committee The Polish Olympic Committee ( pl, Polski Komitet Olimpijski, PKOl) is the National Olympic Committee representing Poland. History The Polish Olympic Committee was established on 12 October 1919 and in 1919 was recognised by the International Ol ...

. Nurowski was born in

Sandomierz Sandomierz (pronounced: ; la, Sandomiria) is a historic town in south-eastern Poland with 23,863 inhabitants (as of 2017), situated on the Vistula River in the Sandomierz Basin. It has been part of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (Holy Cross Provi ...

. He died in

Smolensk Smolensk ( rus, Смоленск, p=smɐˈlʲensk, a=smolensk_ru.ogg) is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest ...

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in the

2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash On 10 April 2010, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft operating Polish Air Force Flight 101 crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk, killing all 96 people on board. Among the victims were the president of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, and his wife, Ma ...

. On 16 April 2010 he was posthumously awarded the Commander's Cross of the

Order of Polonia Restituta , image=Polonia Restituta - Commander's Cross pre-1939 w rib.jpg , image_size=200px , caption=Commander's Cross of Polonia Restituta , presenter = the President of Poland , country = , type=Five classes , eligibility=All , awar ...

. He was buried in the Alley of the Meritorious in the Military Cemetery in Warsaw.

Functions

* 1973–1980: President of Polish Athletics Federation ::Vice President of Children and Youth Sports Association ::Member of the Polish Athletics Development Foundation * 2005–2010: President

References

1945 births 2010 deaths Polish referees and umpires Burials at Powązki Military Cemetery Diplomats of the Polish People's Republic Polish United Workers' Party members People from Sandomierz County Victims of the Smolensk air disaster University of Warsaw alumni Commanders of the Order of Polonia Restituta Sportspeople from Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship {{Olympics-stub