Stella walsh biography

She was born Stefania Walasiewicz in Poland in 1911, and her family immigrated to the United States shortly thereafter, changing their name to Walsh and settling in Cleveland, Ohio, where she grew up.
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Stanisława Walasiewicz (3 April 1911 – 4 December 1980), also known as Stefania Walasiewicz, and Stella Walsh, was a Polish-American track and field athlete.

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STELLA WALSH CONTROVERSY

The STELLA WALSH CONTROVERSY was a high-profile affair that began soon after WALSH, (WALASIEWICZ), STELLA (STANISLAWA) was shot to death in a parking lot during an attempted robbery on December 4, 1980. An autopsy performed after her death opened a debate about her participation in women’s sports and her reputation as one of the best female athletes of the twentieth century.

On the night before Walsh’s funeral, WKYC (Channel 3) in Cleveland published a report that questioned whether Walsh had been a man or a woman based on a claim that police were investigating findings that Walsh had male sex organs. Cleveland’s Polish community was outraged at the story, and BIELEN, CASIMIR, the president of the Nationality Newspapers and Services in Cleveland, began organizing the Stella Walsh Defense Fund to take legal action against the station. WKYC submitted a request to the Cuyahoga County Coroner to release the findings on Walsh to confirm their story, but the coroner, Dr. Samuel Gerber, refused to release his report until his findings were complete.

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Stella Walsh

Stella Walsh (1911-1980) lived in the United States, but ran for her native country of Poland in track events ranging from the U.S. National Championships to the Olympics. Walsh set 20 world records and won 41 U.S. national titles between 1930 and 1954. She won the gold medal in the 100 meter race in the 1932 Olympics and took silver for the same event in the 1936 Olympics.

Born Stanislawa Walasiewiczowna on April 3, 1911 in the Polish town of Wierchowina, Walsh came to the United States with her parents when she was two years old. The family settled in Cleveland, Ohio, and Walsh changed her name when she began school. Her career was long for a track athlete, lasting 24 years, from 1930, when she won her first AAU event, until 1954. Walsh won the 100 meters, 200 meters, and long jump events at three U.S. national championships-the first time in 1930 and the last time in 1948. Since her three-time sweep of the event, only one athlete, Marion Jones, has swept the events even once.

Walsh ran 100 yards in 10.8 seconds in 1930, becoming the first woman to run the d

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Stanisława Walasiewicz

Polish-American athlete (1911–1980)

Stanisława Walasiewicz in 1938
Born	3 April 1911 Wierzchownia, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Died	4 December 1980 (aged 69) Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 m, 200 m, long jump Discus (A)mateur))
Club	Warszawianka, Warszawa Legia Warszawa
Personal best(s)	100 yd – 10.5 (1944) 100 m – 11.6 (1937) 200 m – 23.6 (1935) long jump – 6.12 m (1939)^[1]

Stanisława Walasiewicz (3 April 1911 – 4 December 1980), also known as Stefania Walasiewicz,^[2] and Stella Walsh,^[3] was a Polish-American track and field athlete, who became a women's Olympic champion in the 100 metres. Born in Poland and raised in the United States, she became an American citizen in 1947.

Background

Walasiewicz was born on 3 April 1911 in Wierzchownia (now Brodnica County), Congress Poland.^[4] Her family emigrated to the United States when she was three months