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Slavomir Kardas died on July 4 at the age of 76 (submitted photo)
THUNDER BAY A celebration of life will be held on Sept. 12, 2021 for the late Slavomir Kardas, a giant in the development and promotion of ski jumping as a sport in Thunder Bay and across Canada.
Kardas died in Thunder Bay on July 4 at the age of 76.
Born in Poland in 1945, he competed in ski jumping for his native country at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
A year later, he left for Canada as a refugee.
While he was living in southern Ontario, Kardas was hired as the country s first national ski jumping coach.