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Tomasz Majewski Bags the First Gold Medal for Poland

bill — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:40:00 +0000

Shot put may not be popular in Poland [is it popular anywhere?] but this didn’t stop Tomasz Majewski from becoming a shot putter. It paid off big time when he won the gold medal in Beijing. Time for our Polish friends to perhaps pay more attention to the sport but Tomasz isn’t optimistic.

The silver and bronze medals for this event went to Christian Cantwell of the United States and Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus.

Photo source: chinadaily

The Flag Bearers: Poland’s Marek Twardowski

bill — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:16:00 +0000

Poland’s flagbearer Marek Twardowski boasts of 20 European and world championship medals. He hasn’t won an Olympic gold yet but he might win one in Beijing.

Photo source: msport.gov.pl

Photo of the Day: Witold Woyda

bill — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:05:00 +0000

An AP file photo of Polish fencer Witold Woyda after his gold medal victory in Munich 1972. As we posted earlier, Woyda died yesterday. He was 69.

PHOTO SOURCE: AP via ESPN

Poland’s Witold Woyda: Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist, 69

bill — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:18:00 +0000

We offer our condolences to the family and friends of two-time fencing Olympic gold medalist Witold Woyda. He passed away today.

From polskieradio:
Witold Woyda, one of the finest fencers in the history of Polish sport, has died in Bronxville, New York state, at the age of 69. Born in 1939, he took part in four Olympic Games, in 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972.

He achieved his greatest success at the close of his career, winning two gold medals – in the individual and team foil tournaments – at the Munich Games in 1972. Woyda also had one silver and one bronze Olympic medals, as well as ten medals at the World Fencing Championships to his account.

Witold Woyda was a graduate of the Law Department at Warsaw University. His honours included the Knight’s and Officer’s Crosses of the Order of Reborn Poland and the ‘Best Polish Athlete’ title in 1972.

PHOTO SOURCE: olympiaclub.de