Jewish athlete Hedwiga Wajsowna (1912 - 1990) won the bronze at the 1932 Olympics and returned to win the silver at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
1936 - Hedwiga Wajsowna
Discus Throw at the Berlin Olympics
Hedwiga Wajsowna of Poland won the silver in the discus throw at the 1936 Olympics.
Hedwiga Wajsowna throws the discus at the Summer Olympics in Berlin, 1936
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