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| Born | 20 August 1974 (age 49) Gdańsk, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adam Marek Korol (born 20 August 1974) is a Polish rower and Civic Platform politician. He won a gold medal in quadruple sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics. [1] He was the Minister of Sport and Tourism from June 2015 to November 2015 and serves in the Sejm as of November 2015.
For his sport achievements, he received:
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (5th Class) in 2008.
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Przemysław Wacha is a Polish badminton player.
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Leszek Robert Blanik is a Polish gymnast, World and Olympic champion in vault. He was the first to perform a handspring double front vault in piked position which now has been named after him.
Andrzej Adam Wroński is a Polish wrestler who has won two Olympic gold medals. He carried the flag at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Adam Andrzej Wiercioch is a Polish fencer who won a silver medal in Men's Team Épée (Fencing) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, together with Tomasz Motyka, Radosław Zawrotniak, and Robert Andrzejuk.
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