Jeremy Bujakowski

Jeremy John Bujakowski, also known as Jarema Stanisław Bujakowski (March 30, 1939 – June 1, 2010),^[1][2] was a Polish–Indian alpine skier, and two-time representative of India at the Winter Olympics.^[2][3]

Jeremy Bujakowski

Personal information
Birth name	Jarema Stanisław Bujakowski
Full name	Jeremy John Bujakowski
Born	March 30, 1939 Druskininkai, Poland
Died	June 1, 2010 San Bernardino, California, USA
Occupation	Alpine skier
Skiing career
Disciplines	Slalom, giant slalom, downhill
Olympics
Teams	India – (1964, 1968)
Medals	0

Personal life

He was born in Druskininkai, a city in modern-day Lithuania, to Polish travellers Halina Korolec-Bujakowski and Stanisław Bujakowski,^[4] who in the years 1934 to 1936 travelled by motorcycle from Druskininkai to Shanghai.^[5] His father had served as a Warrant Officer of the No.101 Repair and Servicing Unit in the Polish Air Force in the UK during World War II.^[4][6]

After spending his childhood at Poland, he came to India at the age of seven in 1946 with his parents where his father was working with a petroleum company.^[7][8] He studied at the St Joseph's North Point, Darjeeling,^[8] and graduated from the St Xavier's College, Kolkata,^[8] before leaving for the United States for higher studies, following which he got a scholarship at University of Denver.^[7][8][9]

Career

Jeremy Bujakowski was India's first and sole athlete at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.^[2][10] He competed in the men's downhill event in Alpine skiing,^[2][10] which he could not finish due to an injury.^[11] He returned in 1968 to represent India at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France,^[2] in Alpine skiing, competing again in the downhill, slalom, and giant slalom events.^[2][10]

Alpine skiing

1964 Winter Olympics

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men's Downhill

Athlete	Event	Race
		Time	Rank
Jeremy Bujakowski	Downhill	DNF	–[10]

1968 Winter Olympics

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men's Downhill and giant slalom

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jeremy Bujakowski	Downhill					2:11.82	53[10]
	Giant slalom	2:01.45	69	2:00.48	63	4:01.93	65[10]

Men's slalom

Athlete	Heat 1		Heat 2		Final
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Jeremy Bujakowski	DNF	–	57.78	2	did not advance[10]

References

1. "United States Social Security Death Index," Jeremy John Bujakowski, 2010 Family Search.org 8 August 2012.
2. Jeremy Bujakowski Archived 2012-12-18 at the Wayback Machine Sports-Reference.com 7 August 2012.
3. "The story of Jerry Bujakowski, India's first representative at the Winter Olympics". Scroll.in. February 6, 2018.
4. Fundamentals Archived 2011-12-07 at the Wayback Machine Deccan Chronicle 7 August 2012
5. Ręce przymarzły do kierownicy Motofakty.pl 7 August 2012 (in Polish)
6. Awards, 13 June 1946 (AFC, AFM, Commendations) RAF Commands.com
7. Vadukut, Sidin (February 16, 2018). "The story of Jeremy John Bujakowski, India's Winter Olympics pioneer". Livemint.
8. The States, Volume 5. India News and Feature Alliance. 1973. p. 14.
9. Mallick, Sounak (January 25, 2018). "Jeremy Bujakowski and India's debut at the Winter Olympics". The Bridge.
10. Jeremy Bujakowski Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Olympic Data Project 7 Aug 2012
11. Associated Press, Grolier Enterprises (1983-01-01). Pursuit of excellence, the Olympic story. Grolier Enterprises, 1983. p. 247. ISBN 9780717281718.

• Jeremy Bujakowski carrying the Indian flag at the 1968 games Photo - image

External links

• Jeremy Bujakowski at Olympedia

Winter Olympics
Preceded by -	Flag bearer for India 1964 Innsbruck	Succeeded by Jeremy Bujakowski
Preceded by Jeremy Bujakowski	Flag bearer for India 1968 Genoble	Succeeded by Kishor Rahtna Rai