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Jerzy Potulicki-Skórzewski

Polish sportsperson

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 8, 2025
Entity authorityQ11725254 ↗
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Jerzy Potulicki-Skórzewski (27 July 1894 – 15 August 1950) was a Polish bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 1928 Winter Olympics.

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The public source identifies “Jerzy Potulicki-Skórzewski” as polish sportsperson. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Jerzy, Potulicki-Skórzewski and Polish.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1894, 1950, 1928—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1894-07-27. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Jerzy, Potulicki-Skórzewski and Polish providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Jerzy Potulicki-Skórzewski” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.