Wojciech Mikołaj Zabłocki (6 December 1930 – 5 December 2020) was a Polish
architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
and
fencer, specialist in the saber modality.
Sports career
Zabłocki participated in four
Olympic Games
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:
1952 Helsinki,
1956 Melbourne,
1960 Rome,
1964 Tokyo and won two silver (1956, 1960) and one bronze medal (1964) in team sabre fencing.
He participated in the
FIE World Championships in Fencing
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and won four gold (team: 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963), one silver (team: 1954) and four bronze medals (individual: 1961; team: 1953, 1957, 1958).
Zabłocki won the Polish fencing championships five times. He was a member of MKS Katowice, Budowlani Kraków, Krakowski Klub Szermierzy (KKSz) and Marymont Warszawa teams.
Art career
Zablocki was an established professional artist. He was a founding member of the
Art of the Olympians
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.
Architectural works
Zabłocki was the
designer
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In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, products, processes, laws, games, graphics, services, or exp ...
of several sports buildings including
The Józef Piłsudski Academy of Physical Education in Warsaw and a sports complex in
Konin
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. He also co-designed the
Silesian Insurgents Monument in
Katowice
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in 1967 and the
Presidential Palace in
Damascus
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.
Selected bibliography
* ''Z workiem szermierczym po świecie'' (1962)
* ''Podróże z szablą'' (1965)
* ''Szablą i piórkiem'' (1982)
* ''Architektura dla potrzeb czynnej rekreacji w aglomeracjach miejskich'' (1968)
* ''Cięcia prawdziwą szablą'' (1989)
* " Architektura" (2007)
References
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1930 births
2020 deaths
Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Olympic fencers of Poland
Olympic silver medalists for Poland
Olympic bronze medalists for Poland
Olympic medalists in fencing
Fencers from Warsaw
Polish male fencers
20th-century Polish non-fiction writers
20th-century Polish male writers
Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Architects from Warsaw
20th-century Polish architects
Polish male non-fiction writers