Michał Słoma (born 31 January 1982 in

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, Warmian-Masurian) is a Polish rower. He won a silver medal, as a member of Polish rowing team, in the men's quadruple sculls (5:55.09) at the 2009 European Rowing Championships in

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, and later represented

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at his first Olympics in London. Sloma also trained for AZS UMK Energa in

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under his personal coaches Alex Wojciechowski, Jaroslaw Janowski, Mariusz Szumanski, and Witold Sroga. Sloma qualified for the men's single sculls at the

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in London by earning a third spot from FISA Olympic Qualification Regatta in

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with an entry time of 7:04.51. Rowing in the C-Final, Sloma paddled his pace to overhaul Monaco's Mathias Raymond for a fifth-place effort and seventeenth overall in 7:34.98. Earlier in the prelims, Sloma posted a lifetime best of 6:54.58 in heat four to secure his automatic slot for the subsequent stages.

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NBC Olympics Profile
1982 births Living people Polish male rowers Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers of Poland People from Ełk County Sportspeople from Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship European Rowing Championships medalists {{Poland-rowing-bio-stub