Roger Verey

Roger Verey ( born March 14, 1912 in Lausanne; † 6 September 2000 in Kraków ) was a Polish rower.

Verey came from a Hungarian- Polish lawyer family and grew up in southern France. In 1929 after his father's death, the family moved to Poland, where Roger gave French lessons and studied the way in Warsaw sport. In his youth he had been interested in swimming and football, but in Poland he began with the rowing.

Vevey started for his club, the AZS Kraków, in one and double sculls. Between 1931 and 1949 he was fourteen times Polish champion in One, 1932-1949 eight times in the double sculls ( with Jerzy Ustupski and later with Csaba Dezso ). In European Championships he won seven medals, including two gold in one's (1933, 1935) and one in the double sculls (1935 ). In 1937 he was World Champion in One students.

At the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936, he won the bronze medal in the double sculls. The year before he had been elected to Poland's athlete of the year. Between 1931 and 1949 he was undefeated in staged in Poland regattas.

During the Second World War he lived in Krakow and worked as a streetcar conductor. After 1945 he was at his old successes due to age no longer quite match and began to work as a coach. In 1958 he emigrated to Belgium, where he continued to work as a coach. The supervised by him double sculls finished in 6th place at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome. 1988 Verey returned back to Poland and settled in Krakow, where he died. Prior to his memories were still under the title 40,000 kilometrów na skifie published.