witold, woyda, 1939, 2008, polish, fencer, four, olympic, medals, foil, between, 1964, 1972, including, gold, medals, 1972, summer, olympics, named, polish, sportspersonality, year, 1972, readers, przegląd, sportowy, born, poznań, immigrated, united, states, l. Witold Woyda 10 May 1939 5 May 2008 was a Polish fencer who won four Olympic medals in the foil between 1964 and 1972 including two gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics 1 He was named the Polish Sportspersonality of the Year for 1972 by readers of Przeglad Sportowy Born in Poznan he immigrated to the United States in the late 1970s settling in Bronxville New York and worked for an Italian packaging company He had lung cancer for two years prior to his death at his Bronxville home at age 68 five days shy of turning 69 2 Witold WoydaWitold Woyda c 1974Personal informationBorn 1939 05 10 10 May 1939Poznan PolandDied5 May 2008 2008 05 05 aged 68 Bronxville New York United StatesHeight168 cm 5 ft 6 in Weight63 kg 139 lb SportSportFencingClubBudowlani WarsawMarymont WarsawMedal record Representing Poland Olympic Games 1972 Munich Foil ind 1972 Munich Foil team 1964 Tokyo Foil team 1968 Mexico City Foil team World Championships 1962 Buenos Aires Foil ind 1963 Gdansk Foil team 1965 Paris Foil team 1969 Havana Foil team 1971 Vienna Foil team 1961 Turin Foil team 1962 Buenos Aires Foil team 1966 Moscow Foil team 1967 Montreal Foil team 1973 Gothenburg Foil team Woyda s grave in WarsawReferences edit Olympics Statistics Witold Woyda databaseolympics com Archived from the original on 15 August 2011 Retrieved 3 November 2010 Witold Woyda Olympic Results sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 3 November 2010 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Witold Woyda nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Polish Olympic medalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to fencing in Poland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Witold Woyda amp oldid 1167802334, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
