birth_place sport birth_date article_title name
poznań , poland fencing 11 december 1931 jerzy twardokens
 jerzy twardokens
jerzy twardokens

jerzy twardokens -lrb- born 11 december 1931 -rrb- is a polish fencer .
he competed in the individual foil and team sabre events at the 1952 summer olympics .
after the world fencing championship in philadelphia in 1958 , twardokens decided to stay in the united states .
he later worked at the university of nevada at reno .
his daughter eva twardokens represented the united states in alpine skiing at two olympic games .
