Maria Śliwka (born Serkiz, later Panek, later Śliwka, on 7 December 1935; died 30 March 1997) was a Polish

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. She was a member of

Poland women's national volleyball team The Poland women's national volleyball team ( Polish: ''Reprezentacja Polski w piłce siatkowej kobiet'') represents Poland in international volleyball competition. The team is controlled by the Polish Volleyball Federation (''Polski Związek Pił ...

in 1957–1964, a bronze medalist of the

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...

Tokyo 1964, a bronze medalist of the

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1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

and medalist of the

European Championship A European Championship is the top level international sports competition between European athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...

(silver in

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

, bronze in

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...

Career as player

National team

Her first medal she won bronze of European Championship 1958 held in

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. In 1962 she won bronze medal of

, and one year later silver of European Championship 1963. In 1964 she took part in Olympic Games Tokyo 1964. She played in all five matches and

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

, including Śliwka, won bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. Śliwka played in national team 118 times.

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