1945BestYear t1_isqjhvz wrote on October 17, 2022 at 11:21 PM

Mr. Worldwide.

vrphotosguy55 OP t1_isq27uz wrote on October 17, 2022 at 9:14 PM

Bujakowski may have actually skied at the 1960 Olympics although he was not an official participant as he submitted his paperwork too late (https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/4psIJpO07WlAw5FCi85VML/The-story-of-Jeremy-John-Bujakowski-Indias-Winter-Olympics.html).

chairman_brommel t1_isr4prm wrote on October 18, 2022 at 2:10 AM

Reminds me of the Polish guy that basically founded Pakistan's missile program. In that case the Polish airforce were evacuated from the Germans and reconstituted as a RAF formation, this guy chose not to return when the Soviets took over and was stationed to British India, and both countries retained British officers years after independence

Smart_Sherlock t1_iu10i6h wrote on October 27, 2022 at 7:23 PM

Shush. This news can single-handedly ruin India-Poland relations, if it spreads

DaveOJ12 t1_isqgew8 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 10:57 PM

What a story.

johnatsea12 t1_isq6q2g wrote on October 17, 2022 at 9:44 PM

Did he win?

vrphotosguy55 OP t1_isqph7s wrote on October 18, 2022 at 12:10 AM

He didn’t finish.

WilliamGoat t1_iss6pxa wrote on October 18, 2022 at 9:24 AM

Stupid sexy flanders

thunder_struck85 t1_isrhkgd wrote on October 18, 2022 at 3:57 AM

This kind of thing is so stupid to me. He only competed under India because he could not qualify for Lithania or the USA teams.

If you're representing a country you should have trained in that country. You're showcasing the ability of that nation to produce quality talent and results.

Having grown up in India seems to irrelevant if you never actually did anything skiing related there 🤷

Foreign-Complaint130 t1_isspr89 wrote on October 18, 2022 at 12:55 PM

So athletes should never train overseas?

The Olympics isn't supposed to be "showcasing the ability of [any] nation to produce quality talents and results." The Olympic Charter says "The goal of Olympism is to place sport at the service of the harmonious development of humankind, with a view to promoting a peaceful society concerned with the preservation of human dignity.” and honestly, people traveling and experiencing new cultures, having an expansive view of nationality and representation etc seems much more in line with that ethos imho

TIL that India's first representative at the Winter Olympics., in 1964, was Jeremy Bujakowski, an Lithuanian born skier of Polish descent who grew up in India (and was naturalized as an Indian citizen). He learned to ski in Boise, Idaho, USA.

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