Tomasz Świątek

Rower

Birthday July 26, 1964

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Warsaw, Poland

Age 59 years old

Nationality Poland

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1964

Tomasz Maciej Świątek (born 26 July 1964) is a Polish rower.

1987

At the 1987 Universiade, Świątek won the gold medal.

Świątek was associated with the Polish university sports club AZS Warsaw.

1988

He competed in the men's quadruple sculls event at the 1988 Summer Olympics, in which Poland won the "B" Final to finish seventh overall.

Świątek represented Poland at the men's quadruple sculls event at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where he placed seventh.

2000

Świątek is the father of Polish tennis player Iga Świątek, who is the first ever Polish player ranked world no. 1, and also the first ever player born in the 2000s to achieve the top ranking.

2020

After his daughter won the 2020 French Open women's singles title, they were both awarded Polish honours in a joint ceremony: his daughter received a Gold Cross of Merit and he was conferred an Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta "for sports achievements, for promoting Poland in the international arena".