Adam Andrzej Wiercioch (born 1 November 1980) is a Polish
fencer who won a silver medal in
Men's Team Épée (
Fencing
Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, s ...
) at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
in Beijing, together with
Tomasz Motyka
Tomasz Marek Motyka (born 8 May 1981 in Wrocław) is a Polish épée fencer.
European champion in 2005, he won a silver medal in Men's Team Épée at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, together with Adam Wiercioch, Radosław Zawrotniak
...
,
Radosław Zawrotniak
Radosław Aleksander Zawrotniak (born 2 September 1981 in Kraków, Małopolskie) is a Polish fencer who won a silver medal in Men's Team Épée (Fencing) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, together with Tomasz Motyka, Adam Wiercioch, and ...
, and
Robert Andrzejuk
Robert Sebastian Andrzejuk (born 17 July 1975 in Wrocław, Dolnośląskie) is a Polish fencer who won a silver medal in Men's Team Épée (Fencing) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, together with Tomasz Motyka, Adam Wiercioch, and RadosŠ...
.
For his sport achievements, he received:
Golden
Cross of Merit in 2008.
See also
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List of Pennsylvania State University Olympians
The List of Pennsylvania State University Olympians is a list of former or current Penn State students (129) and coaches/faculty members (12) that have made an appearance as athletes or medaled at the Olympic Games, plus one athlete for the boycott ...
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1980 births
Living people
Polish male fencers
Olympic fencers for Poland
Olympic silver medalists for Poland
Olympic medalists in fencing
Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Pennsylvania State University alumni
Sportspeople from Gliwice
20th-century Polish people
21st-century Polish people
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