Tomasz Maciej Świątek (born 26 July 1964) is a Polish

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

. He competed in the men's quadruple sculls event at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

, in which Poland won the "B" Final to finish seventh overall.

Sports career

At the 1987

Universiade The FISU World University Games, formerly the Universiade, is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The former name is a Blend word, portmanteau of the wor ...

, Świątek won the gold medal. Świątek was associated with the Polish university sports club

AZS Warsaw Academic Sports Association Warsaw () was a former multi-section University sports club based in Warsaw, Poland. The club was dissolved into University clubs within Universities in Warsaw that were re-established when the club was dissolved, incl ...

. Świątek represented Poland at the men's quadruple sculls event at the

, where he placed seventh.

Personal life and awards

Świątek is the father of Polish tennis player

Iga Świątek Iga Natalia Świątek (; born 31 May 2001) is a Polish professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women’s singles by the Women's Tennis Association, Women’s Tenn ...

, who is the first ever Polish player ranked world no. 1, and also the first ever player born in the 2000s to achieve the top ranking. After his daughter won the 2020 French Open women's singles title, they were both awarded Polish honours in a joint ceremony: his daughter received a Gold Cross of Merit and he was conferred an Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta "for sports achievements, for promoting Poland in the international arena".

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* 1964 births Living people Polish male rowers Olympic rowers for Poland Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Rowers from Warsaw FISU World University Games gold medalists for Poland Summer World University Games medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-rowing-bio-stub