Wojciech Zabłocki Explained

Wojciech Zabłocki
Birth Date:6 December 1930
Birth Place:Warsaw, Poland
Sport:Fencing
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Wojciech Mikołaj Zabłocki (6 December 1930 – 5 December 2020) was a Polish architect and fencer, specialist in the saber modality.[1]

Sports career

Zabłocki participated in four Olympic Games: 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne, 1960 Rome, 1964 Tokyo and won two silver (1956, 1960) and one bronze medal (1964) in team sabre fencing.[2] [3]

He participated in the FIE World Championships in Fencing and won four gold (team: 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963), one silver (team: 1954) and four bronze medals (individual: 1961; team: 1953, 1957, 1958).

Zabłocki won the Polish fencing championships five times. He was a member of MKS Katowice, Budowlani Kraków, Krakowski Klub Szermierzy (KKSz) and Marymont Warszawa teams.

Art career

Zablocki was an established professional artist. He was a founding member of the Art of the Olympians.[4]

Architectural works

Zabłocki was the designer of several sports buildings including The Józef Piłsudski Academy of Physical Education in Warsaw and a sports complex in Konin. He also co-designed the Silesian Insurgents Monument in Katowice in 1967 and the Presidential Palace in Damascus.

Selected bibliography

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wojciech Zabłocki . Olympedia . 6 December 2020.
  2. Web site: Olympics Statistics: Wojciech Zabłocki . 22 September 2010 . databaseolympics.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121018005401/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ZABLOWOJ01 . 18 October 2012 .
  3. Web site: Wojciech Zabłocki Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417115902/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/wojciech-zablocki-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 22 September 2010 . sports-reference.com.
  4. Web site: Wojciech Zablocki. Art of the Olympians. 27 January 2016.