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Witold Woyda

1939 - 2008

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Witold Woyda is the 1,506th most popular athlete (up from 1,545th in 2019), the 1,137th most popular biography from Poland (up from 1,201st in 2019) and the 31st most popular Polish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Witold Woyda ranks 1,506 out of 6,025. Before him are Mads Pedersen, Gábor Novák, Jay Silvester, Ernst Krebs, Cliff Bourland, and Mark Rakita. After him are Bob Baetens, Martha Genenger, Jakov Fak, Stanislav Lusk, Béla Zsitnik, and Gunnar Larsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Witold Woyda ranks 497. Before him are Dario Campeotto, Erik Hansen, Józef Grudzień, Guillermo Ortiz, Walt Bellamy, and Francisco Mendes. After him are Ruth Perry, Max Lorenz, John W. Snow, Luis Eyzaguirre, Alexey Korneyev, and Jacqueline Mars. Among people deceased in 2008, Witold Woyda ranks 299. Before him are Jesse Helms, Mira Alečković, Rudolf Illovszky, Philip Agee, Neal Hefti, and Finn Haunstoft. After him are Lilyan Chauvin, Péter Baczakó, Helmut Zilk, Larry James, Igor Dmitriev, and Carl Kaufmann.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Witold Woyda ranks 1,137 out of 1,694. Before him are Joachim Marx (1944), Henryk Grossman (1881), Józef Grudzień (1939), Kazimierz Brodziński (1791), Janusz Kupcewicz (1955), and Adam Małysz (1977). After him are Kazimierz Brandys (1916), Miron Białoszewski (1922), Maria Kwaśniewska (1913), Władysław Żeleński (1837), Heinz Pollay (1908), and Julia Hartwig (1921).

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Among ATHLETES In Poland

Among athletes born in Poland, Witold Woyda ranks 31. Before him are Tadeusz Ślusarski (1950), Jan Werner (1946), Andrzej Zieliński (1936), Dieter Kottysch (1943), Kazimierz Paździor (1935), and Józef Grudzień (1939). After him are Maria Kwaśniewska (1913), Heinz Pollay (1908), Hans Grodotzki (1936), Wiesław Rudkowski (1946), Dieter Grahn (1944), and Jerzy Kaczmarek (1948).

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