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After the armistice he remained in the army as a professional soldier. He also resumed his sporting career as the main coach of the Polish equestrian national team. He finished tenth in the [[Equestrian at the 1924 Summer Olympics|individual three-day event]] and seventh with the Polish team in the [[Equestrian at the 1924 Summer Olympics|team three-day event]]. He also placed tenth in the [[Equestrian at the 1924 Summer Olympics|individual jumping]]. As a member of the Polish jumping team he finished sixth in the [[Equestrian at the 1924 Summer Olympics|team jumping competition]]. One of his team mates was [[Tadeusz Komorowski]], the future General of the Polish Army and commanding officer of the [[Home Army]]. In 1928 again representing Poland he won the silver medal in the [[Equestrian at the 1928 Summer Olympics|team three-day event]] with his horse ''Doneuse'' after finishing 26th in the [[Equestrian at the 1928 Summer Olympics|individual three-day event]].

 

 

During [[World War II]] Rómmel remained in the German-occupied part of Poland. Arrested during the [[AB Action]], he was imprisoned and spent the remainder of the war in German concentration camps of [[Dachau concentration camp|Dachau]] and [[Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp|Mauthausen-Gusen]]. After the war he settled in [[Łódź]], where he continued to coach younger generations of horse riders. He also served as a horsemanship consultant in various films (and had a cameo appearance in 1959 ''[[Lotna]]'' by [[Andrzej Wajda]] and 1960 ''[[The Knights of the Cross]]'' by [[Aleksander Ford]]). He died March 7, 1967, in [[Elbląg]], and is buried at the [[Gdańsk]]'s [[Zaspa|Zaspa cemetery]].

==External links==

{{Commons category|Karol Rómmel}}

* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=VONR%D3KAR01 dataOlympics profile]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

* {{IMDb name|0739686}}