Zofia Bilorówna (or Zofia Bilor) (16 June 1895 in

Lwów Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ...

– 23 June 1962 in

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) was a Polish

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d ...

who competed in

pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating ...

. With partner Tadeusz Kowalski, she won bronze at the 1934 European Figure Skating Championships. Bilorówna was from

, the sister of , a soldier and football player murdered in the

Katyn massacre The Katyn massacre was a series of mass killings under Communist regimes, mass executions of nearly 22,000 Polish people, Polish military officer, military and police officers, border guards, and intelligentsia prisoners of war carried out by t ...

. Their parents were Tomasz and Zofia.

Competitive highlights

With Tadeusz Kowalski:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bilorówna, Zofia 1895 births 1962 deaths Sportspeople from Lviv Sportspeople from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Polish female pair skaters European Figure Skating Championships medalists