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Marek Antoni Kolbowicz (born 11 June 1971 in
Szczecin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...
) is a Polish rower. He won a gold medal in quadruple sculls 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 ...
and was world champion in 2005, 2006 and 2007. For his sport achievements, he received:
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (5th Class) in 2008.


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* 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Szczecin Polish male rowers Olympic rowers of Poland Olympic gold medalists for Poland Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Poland European Rowing Championships medalists {{Poland-rowing-bio-stub