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Jugovzhodna Slovenija

Baragova cesta 1
(Osnova Šola)

Leon Štukelj

Novo mesto 1898 - Maribor 1999
Slovenian gymnast, Olympic gold medalist and athlete
(Wikipedia)

Alenka Vidrgar
2002

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

olimpijec
LEON ŠTUKELJ
1898-1999
suhokranjec

"vedno sem se rad
spominjal tistih lepih
časov iz otroške
dobe, ko sem v zafari
živel veselo, brez-
skrbno življenje in se
seznanjal s trdim
delom dolenjskega
ubožnega kmeta."
Leon Štukelj
12.11.2002

Olympian
LEON ŠTUKELJ
1898-1999
Suhokranjec

"I always like to
remember that beautiful
times in my childhood,
when I lived in Zafara
happily, and carefree and
acquainted with the hard
work of the Dolenjska
indigent farmer."
Leon Štukelj
12.11.2002

On the back of the column is a plaque with the names of the sponsers.

Signature

2002 vidrgar

Sculptor

Alenka Vidrgar (Ljubljana 1958), Slovenian sculptor and photographer (Website).

Sources & Information

Lokalno.si, V spomin olimpioniku Leonu Štuklju in njegovi materi Mariji Milner.
Dan spomina na znane Suhokranjce, Suhokranjske Poti (Winter 2015), pp. 27-28, (PDF on-line).

Location (N 45°49'53" - E 14°55'57")

Item Code: si048; Photograph: 9 September 2016
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