Władysław Żytkowicz

Władysław Żytkowicz was a member of the military ski patrol demonstration events at the 1928 and 1936 Winter Olympics. In the Polish Ski Jumping Championships he finished third in four consecutive years, 1927-30, and in 1931, he was second in Nordic combined and cross-country relay. He also competed in the 1927 and 1929 Ski World Championships.

When Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland, he was serving as an officer, and with the defense forces, Żytkowicz retreated to Romania and later joined the so-called Independent Carpathian Brigade in Syria. After the surrender of France, he affiliated himself to the British Army in the Near East, fighting in North Africa and Italy. After World War II, he took his family first to Italy, and then to England before later emigrating to the United States.