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 Stella Walsh

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Stella Walsh Famous memorial

Birth
Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland
Death
4 Dec 1980 (aged 69)
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Plot
95 Lot 2003
Memorial ID
4424 View Source

1932 Olympic Gold and Silver medalist for Poland. She competed many years before steroids were widely used by athletes. It was discovered after her tragic death that she had male sex organs or those of both male and female, but she lived her life a woman. She was murdered in the parking lot of a Cleveland discount store.

1932 Olympic Gold and Silver medalist for Poland. She competed many years before steroids were widely used by athletes. It was discovered after her tragic death that she had male sex organs or those of both male and female, but she lived her life a woman. She was murdered in the parking lot of a Cleveland discount store.


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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: 31 Jan 1999
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID: 4424
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/4424/stella-walsh: accessed ), memorial page for Stella Walsh (3 Apr 1911–4 Dec 1980), Find a Grave Memorial ID 4424, citing Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.