Agata Ewa Wróbel (born August 28, 1981, in

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) is a Polish

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, and is a

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-breaker in the +75 kg category. She took up weightlifting after watching the men compete in the

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, and after learning that women's weightlifting would be an event at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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. At the 2000 World Junior Championships her combined total for both the snatch and

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was a record-breaking 290 kg. She has broken no fewer than 11 world records in the sport. In 2002, she was voted 2nd for world weightlifter of the year. As well as numerous Junior and World Championship successes, coming first in 2002, she has participated in both the

and

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

in the Women's +75 kg category, winning a

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and a

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respectively. In 2003, she appeared in the

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documentary ''"M2A – Mission to Athens"'', depicting her preparation to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. After retirement from the sport, she worked in a

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facility. For her sport achievements, she received: Golden Cross of Merit in 2000;
Knight's Cross of the

Order of Polonia Restituta The Order of Polonia Restituta ( pl, Order Odrodzenia Polski, en, Order of Restored Poland) is a Polish state decoration, state Order (decoration), order established 4 February 1921. It is conferred on both military and civilians as well as on al ...

(5th Class) in 2004.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wrobel, Agata 1981 births Living people Polish female weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters of Poland Olympic silver medalists for Poland Olympic bronze medalists for Poland People from Żywiec Olympic medalists in weightlifting Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland) Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Silesian Voivodeship Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics European Weightlifting Championships medalists World Weightlifting Championships medalists 21st-century Polish women