Tomasz Marek Motyka (born 8 May 1981 in
Wrocław
Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, r ...
) is a Polish
épée
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fencer.
European champion in 2005, he won a silver medal in
Men's Team Épée 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 Nat ...
in
Beijing
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, together with
Adam Wiercioch,
Radosław Zawrotniak
Radosław Aleksander Zawrotniak (born 2 September 1981 in Kraków, Małopolskie) is a Polish fencer who won a silver medal in Men's Team Épée (Fencing) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, together with Tomasz Motyka, Adam Wiercioch, an ...
, and
Robert Andrzejuk. For his sport achievements, he received the Golden
Cross of Merit in 2008.
References
sports-referenceProfileat the European Fencing Confederation
1981 births
Living people
Polish male épée fencers
Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic fencers of Poland
Olympic silver medalists for Poland
Sportspeople from Wrocław
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in fencing
20th-century Polish people
21st-century Polish people
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