Witold Woyda

{{Short description|Polish fencer (1939–2008)}}

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| name = Witold Woyda

| image = Witold Woyda c1974.jpg

| caption = Witold Woyda c. 1974

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|5|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Poznań, Poland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|5|5|1939|5|10|df=yes}}

| death_place = Bronxville, New York, United States

| height = 168 cm

| weight = 63 kg

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| sport = Fencing

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| club = Budowlani Warsaw
Marymont Warsaw

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{{MedalOlympics}}

{{MedalGold| 1972 Munich | Foil ind.}}

{{MedalGold| 1972 Munich | Foil team}}

{{MedalSilver| 1964 Tokyo | Foil team}}

{{MedalBronze| 1968 Mexico City | Foil team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Fencing Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|1962 Buenos Aires|Foil ind.}}

{{MedalSilver|1963 Gdańsk,|Foil team}}

{{MedalSilver|1965 Paris|Foil team}}

{{MedalSilver|1969 Havana|Foil team}}

{{MedalSilver|1971 Vienna|Foil team}}

{{MedalBronze|1961 Turin|Foil team}}

{{MedalBronze|1962 Buenos Aires|Foil team}}

{{MedalBronze|1966 Moscow|Foil team}}

{{MedalBronze|1967 Montreal|Foil team}}

{{MedalBronze|1973 Gothenburg|Foil team}}

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WOYDAWIT01 |title=Olympics Statistics: Witold Woyda |access-date=3 November 2010 |work=databaseolympics.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815221413/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WOYDAWIT01 |archive-date=15 August 2011 }} He was named the Polish Sportspersonality of the Year for 1972 by readers of Przegląd Sportowy. Born in Poznań, 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wo/witold-woyda-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417193200/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wo/witold-woyda-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Witold Woyda Olympic Results |access-date=3 November 2010 |work=sports-reference.com}}