Piotr Nurowski

Piotr Nurowski (June 20, 1945 – April 10, 2010) was a Polish tennis player and the chief of the Polish Olympic Committee^[1].

Nurowski was born in Sandomierz. He died in Smolensk, Russia in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash.^[2]

On 16 April 2010 he was posthumously awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. He was buried in the Alley of the Meritorious in the Military Cemetery in Warsaw.

Functions

1973-1980: President of Polish Athletics Federation

Vice President of Children and Youth Sports Association

Member of the Polish Athletics Development Foundation

Since 2005: President Polish Olympic Committee

References

^ http://www.eurolympic.org/jahia/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/82?language=eng
^ "Prezydenckim Tu-154 leciały najważniejsze osoby w państwie". wiadomosci.gazeta.pl. http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/1,80269,7752563,Prezydenckim_Tu_154_lecialy_najwazniejsze_osoby_w.html. Retrieved 2010-04-10.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Stanisław Stefan Paszczyk	President of the Polish Olympic Committee 2005–2010	Succeeded by Andrzej Kraśnicki

Persondata
Name	Nurowski, Piotr
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	June 20, 1945
Place of birth	Sandomierz
Date of death	April 10, 2010
Place of death	Smolensk