Seweryn Roman Kulesza (23 October 1900 in

Radom Radom is a city in east-central Poland, located approximately south of the capital, Warsaw. It is situated on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship. Radom is the fifteenth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in its province w ...

– 14 May 1983 in

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) was a Polish

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who competed in the

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. In 1936 he and his horse ''Tóska'' won the silver medal as part of the Polish

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team, after finishing 21st in the individual eventing competition. During WWII he took part in the Polish September Campaign, where he was captured by the Germans and spent the rest of the war in Oflag VII-A Murnau.

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1900 births 1983 deaths Sportspeople from Radom Equestrians from Masovian Voivodeship People from Radom Governorate Polish male equestrians Event riders Olympic equestrians for Poland Equestrians at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Poland Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Polish Army officers Polish September Campaign participants Polish prisoners of war in World War II 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-equestrian-bio-stub