Antoni Bura (22 December 1898 – 13 December 1980) was a Polish bobsledder, mechanical engineer and independence activist. He competed in the four-man event at the 1928 Winter Olympics.

He was born in Karwina in the region of Cieszyn Silesia, a son of a carpenter. Bura graduated from Juliusz Słowacki Polish Grammar School in Orlová, then from the mechanical engineering at the Lwów Polytechnic in Lwów. During World War I, he was conscripted to the Austro-Hungarian Army and joined the Polish Military Organisation. Afterwards, he volunteered for the Polish forces in the Polish-Soviet War. For his actions, he was later awarded the Cross of Valour.

Antoni Bura

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1898 births

1980 deaths

Polish male bobsledders

Polish mechanical engineers

Olympic bobsledders for Poland

Bobsledders at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Sportspeople from Karviná

Polish people from Trans-Olza

Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I

Polish Military Organisation members

Polish people of the Polish–Soviet War

Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland) Lviv Polytechnic alumni

Antoni Bura