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Stanisława Walasiewicz (3 April 1911 – 4 December 1980), also known as Stefania Walasiewicz, and Stella Walsh, was a Polish-American track and field athlete, who became a women's Olympic champion in the 100 metres.
Stella Walsh’s story is perhaps one of the most unusual of any Olympic athlete. She was born Stefania Walasiewicz in Poland in 1911, and her family immigrated to the United States shortly thereafter, changing their name to Walsh and settling in Cleveland, Ohio, where she grew up.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
At the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, Walsh ran as Stanislawa Walasiewicz (a shortened version of her birth name) and handily set and immediately matched her own world record for the 100-meter...
Stanisława Walasiewicz was a Polish-American athlete who, during an unusually long career (over 20 years), won two Olympic medals and some 40 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) championships and was credited with nearly a dozen world records in women’s running and jumping events.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Stanisława Walasiewicz (Walasiewiczówna), właśc. Stefania Walasiewicz (ur. 3 kwietnia 1911 w Wierzchowni, zm. 4 grudnia 1980 w Cleveland) – polska interpłciowa lekkoatletka startująca w biegach sprinterskich i skoku w dal, mistrzyni olimpijska, wielokrotna rekordzistka świata.
Stanisława Wałasiewicz was the outstanding "female" in athletics in the 1930s. Born in Poland, her parents emigrated to the USA when she was two, but she competed for Poland at the Olympics as she did not gain US citizenship until after World War II (1947), and eventually became known as Stella Walsh.
Aug 18, 2016 · Eighty years ago, in Berlin, Stella Walsh won her second Olympic medal. Decades later, Walsh’s murder and subsequent autopsy threw the legacy of track’s first female superstar into turmoil. by Rob Tannenbaum August 18, 2016. Stella Walsh, training in Cleveland, April 1, 1932 for the Olympic games.
