Adam Stanisław Papée (21 July 1895 – 6 March 1990) was a Polish fencing champion, one of pioneers of fencing in Poland.

Papée was not only a sportsman, but also an official, one of founders of the Polish Fencing Association (Polski Związek Szermierczy). Between 1926 and 1930, he was the director of this association.

Adam Papée

He was four times individual champion of Poland (1926, 1927, 1929, 1932), and four times took part in the Summer Olympic Games (1924–1936), winning two bronze medals in team sabre, in Amsterdam (1928) and Los Angeles (1932). He fenced for two clubs - AZS Kraków and Legia Warszawa. After retirement from active sports, he became a coach, also wrote memoirs Na białą broń, published in 1987.

Adam Papée

References

External links

Adam Papee's bio on the Polish Olympic Committee webpage

1895 births

1990 deaths

Sportspeople from Lviv

Sportspeople from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria

Polish Austro-Hungarians

Polish male fencers

Olympic fencers for Poland

Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Fencers at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Fencers at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Fencers at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Olympic bronze medalists for Poland

Olympic medalists in fencing

Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics

20th-century Polish sportsmen

Sportspeople from Bydgoszcz

Adam Papée