Henry Kolowrat Jr.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 25, 1933 Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Died | March 16, 2021 (aged 87) Czech Republic |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Fencing |
Henry Kolowrat (Czech: Jindřich Kolowrat; August 25, 1933 – March 16, 2021) was an American fencer.[1] He was born in Prague into the noble Kolowrat family. He moved with his parents to the United States in 1948 after the communist coup d'état in Czechoslovakia. He became a U.S. citizen in 1956. He competed in the team épée event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Henry Kolowrat Jr". Olympedia. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
- ↑ "Henry Kolowrat Jr. Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
External links
- Henry Kolowrat, Jr. at Olympedia
- Henry Kolowrat, Jr. at InterSportStats
Categories:
- 1933 births
- 2021 deaths
- American male épée fencers
- Olympic fencers for the United States
- Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Fencers from Prague
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in fencing
- Fencers at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Habsburg Bohemian nobility
- American people of Czech descent
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- American fencing biography stubs