Mariusz Jurkiewicz (born 3 February 1982) is a former Polish

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player who last played for PGE Vive Kielce. He participated at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

, in the men's handball tournament.

State awards

* 2015

Silver Cross of Merit The Cross of Merit () is a Polish civil state decoration established on 23 June 1923, to recognize services to the state. History At the time of its establishment in 1923, the Cross of Merit was the highest civilian award in Poland. It was aw ...

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1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Lublin Polish male handball players Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players of Poland Expatriate handball players Polish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Liga ASOBAL players BM Ciudad Real players SDC San Antonio players Wisła Płock (handball) players Vive Kielce players 21st-century Polish people {{Poland-handball-bio-stub