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From a gold-winning triple-jumper dubbed the Silesian Kangaroo through to a gold-smuggling discuss thrower in WWII, a new mural pays homage to 100 years of sporting legends

The medley of household names include gold-winning pole-vaulter Władysław Kozakiewicz whose celebratory ‘up yours’ gesture towards the Russian crowd scandalized the 1980 Moscow Olympics and world-record discus thrower Halina Konopacka who during WWII squirrelled Poland’s gold reserve to France.