Tomasz_Świątek

Tomasz Świątek

Tomasz Świątek

Polish rower


Tomasz Maciej Świątek (born 26 July 1964) is a Polish rower.[1] He competed in the men's quadruple sculls event at the 1988 Summer Olympics, in which Poland won the "B" Final to finish seventh overall.[2]

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Sports career

At the 1987 Universiade, Świątek won the gold medal. Świątek was associated with the Polish university sports club AZS Warsaw.[1] Świątek represented Poland at the men's quadruple sculls event at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where he placed seventh.[1]

Personal life and awards

Świątek is the father of Polish tennis player Iga Świątek, 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.[3][4][5] 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".[6]


References

  1. "Tomasz Świątek". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tomasz Świątek Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  3. "Swiatek follows father's footsteps 38 years later". ausopen.com. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  4. "Prezydent odznaczył Igę Świątek oraz Tomasza Świątka" [The president awarded Iga Świątek and Tomasz Świątek]. prezydent.pl/ (in Polish). President of the Republic of Poland. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2022.



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