[5] His father had served as a Warrant Officer of the No.101 Repair and Servicing Unit in the Polish Air Force in the UK during World War II.
[4][6] After spending his childhood at Poland, he came to India at the age of seven in 1946 with his parents where his father was working with a petroleum company.
[7][8] He studied at the St Joseph's North Point, Darjeeling,[8] and graduated from the St Xavier's College, Kolkata,[8] before leaving for the United States for higher studies, following which he got a scholarship at University of Denver.
[7][8][9] Jeremy Bujakowski was India's first and sole athlete at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
[2][10] He competed in the men's downhill event in Alpine skiing,[2][10] which he could not finish due to an injury.