Sylwia Gruchała (born 6 November 1981 in
Gdynia
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,
Pomorskie) is a Polish
fencer.
Biography
In the team foil she won medals at the world championships in 1998 (bronze), 1999 (silver), 2002 (silver), 2003 (gold) and 2007 (gold) as well as an Olympic silver medal in
2000
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. In Individual Foil she won a silver medal at the 2003 World Championship as well as an Olympic bronze medal in
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
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She is a soldier in the 3rd Command Support Battalion of the Polish Land Forces stationed in Warsaw.
Gruchała is also part of the Leon Paul team. In 2009, she posed for
Polish erotic magazine
CKM.
Honours
For her sport achievements, she received:
Golden
Cross of Merit in 2000;
Knight's Cross of the
Order of Polonia Restituta
The Order of Polonia Restituta (, ) is a Polish state decoration, state Order (decoration), order established 4 February 1921. It is conferred on both military and civilians as well as on alien (law), foreigners for outstanding achievements in ...
(5th Class) in 2004.
References
External links
Sylwia Gruchała Webpage*
*
1981 births
Living people
Polish female foil fencers
Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic fencers for Poland
Olympic silver medalists for Poland
Olympic bronze medalists for Poland
Fencers from Gdańsk
Olympic medalists in fencing
Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland)
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
21st-century Polish sportswomen
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