Witold Woyda

Witold Woyda
Witold Woyda c. 1974
Personal information
Born(1939-05-10)10 May 1939
Poznań, Poland
Died5 May 2008(2008-05-05) (aged 68)
Bronxville, New York, United States
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportFencing
ClubBudowlani Warsaw
Marymont Warsaw
Medal record
Representing  Poland
Olympic Games
1972 Munich Foil ind.
1972 Munich Foil team
1964 Tokyo Foil team
1968 Mexico City Foil team
World Fencing Championships
1962 Buenos Aires Foil ind.
1963 Gdańsk, 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

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 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.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Olympics Statistics: Witold Woyda". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Witold Woyda Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2010.