Marian Matłoka (3 November 1918 in
Nowy Karmin – 9 November 1986 in
Wałcz
Wałcz (pronounced ; ) is a county town in Wałcz County of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland.
Granted city rights in 1303, Wałcz has become the administrative, industrial and cultural center of the Wałcz Lake District wi ...
) was a Polish
sprint canoeist
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who competed in the late 1940s. At the
1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ...
in
London
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, he finished tenth in the
K-2 10000 m event while being eliminated in the heats of the
K-2 1000 m event.
References
Sports-reference.com profile
External links
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1918 births
1986 deaths
Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Olympic canoeists for Poland
Polish male canoeists
People from Pleszew County
Canoeists from Greater Poland Voivodeship
20th-century Polish sportsmen
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