Sylwia Gruchała
{{short description|Polish fencer (born 1981)}}
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Sylwia Gruchała (born 6 November 1981 in Gdynia, Pomorskie) is a Polish fencer.
Biography
In the team foil she won medals at the world championships in 1998 (bronze), 1999 (silver), 2002 (silver), 2003 (gold) and 2007 (gold) as well as an Olympic silver medal in 2000. In Individual Foil she won a silver medal at the 2003 World Championship as well as an Olympic bronze medal in 2004.{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GRUCHSYL01 |title=Olympics Statistics: Sylwia Gruchała |access-date=2012-03-10 |work=databaseolympics.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102071709/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GRUCHSYL01 |archive-date=2 November 2012 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/sylwia-gruchala-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230714/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/sylwia-gruchala-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Sylwia Gruchała Olympic Results |access-date=2012-03-10 |work=sports-reference.com}}
She is a soldier in the 3rd Command Support Battalion of the Polish Land Forces stationed in Warsaw.
Gruchała is also part of the Leon Paul team.[http://www.leonpaul.com/acatalog/Team.html Leon Paul team] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102080159/http://www.leonpaul.com/acatalog/Team.html |date=2 January 2012 }} In 2009, she posed for Polish erotic magazine CKM.{{cite web|url=http://www.fotosik.pl/u/ra2er/album/333273|title=Sylwia Gruchała w CKM|publisher=fotosik.pl|access-date=24 December 2012}}
Honours
For her sport achievements, she received:
Image:POL Złoty Krzyż Zasługi BAR.svg Golden Cross of Merit in 2000;
Image:POL Polonia Restituta Kawalerski BAR.svg Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (5th Class) in 2004.
References
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External links
- [http://www.sylwiagruchala.com.pl/ Sylwia Gruchała Webpage]
- {{Sports-reference|gr/sylwia-gruchala-1.html}}
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{{Footer Women's Foil World Cup Champions}}
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Category:Polish female foil fencers
Category:Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic fencers for Poland
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Poland
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Poland
Category:Sportspeople from Gdańsk
Category:Olympic medalists in fencing
Category:Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Category:Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland)
Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:21st-century Polish sportswomen
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