Irena Nawrocka


Irena Nawrocka was a Polish fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil events at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. Nawrocka graduated from the Law School of the Jagiellonian University in 1945. She was a sister of Jan Nawrocki's, who was also an Olympic fencer.

World War II

Nawrocka's escape, along with her first cousin Halina Dobrowolska and three other female Home Army messengers, during their forced march to Ozarow, is documented in The Zookeeper's Wife, Chapter 34. Nawrocka is buried at Bródno Cemetery in Warsaw.