Tomasz Świątek Explained

Tomasz Świątek
Nationality:Polish
Sport:Rowing
Birth Date:26 July 1964
Birth Place:Warsaw, Poland
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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]

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tomasz Świątek . Olympedia . 19 October 2020.
  2. Tomasz Świątek Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418015401/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sw/tomasz-swiatek-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 7 September 2018.
  3. Web site: Swiatek follows father's footsteps 38 years later . ausopen.com . 6 October 2020 . en.
  4. News: 20 March 2022 . Iga Swiatek wins Indian Wells title, to rise to world No. 2 ranking . . 20 March 2022.
  5. Web site: 10 INCREDIBLE THINGS IGA SWIATEK ACHIEVED IN MIAMI THIS YEAR . tennis.com . 2 April 2022 . en.
  6. Web site: Prezydent odznaczył Igę Świątek oraz Tomasza Świątka . prezydent.pl/ . President of the Republic of Poland . 23 March 2022 . pl . 23 October 2020 . The president awarded Iga Świątek and Tomasz Świątek.