Witold Woyda

Witold Woyda

File:Witold Woyda c1974.jpg Witold Woyda c. 1974
Personal information
Born	(1939-05-10)10 May 1939 Poznań, Poland
Died	5 May 2008(2008-05-05) (aged 68) Bronxville, New York, United States
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Club	Budowlani Warsaw Marymont Warsaw
Medal record Representing Poland Olympic Games Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Foil ind. Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Foil team Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Foil team Bronze medal – third place 1968 Mexico City Foil team World Fencing Championships Silver medal – second place 1962 Buenos Aires Foil ind. Silver medal – second place 1963 Gdańsk, Foil team Silver medal – second place 1965 Paris Foil team Silver medal – second place 1969 Havana Foil team Silver medal – second place 1971 Vienna Foil team Bronze medal – third place 1961 Turin Foil team Bronze medal – third place 1962 Buenos Aires Foil team Bronze medal – third place 1966 Moscow Foil team Bronze medal – third place 1967 Montreal Foil team Bronze medal – third place 1973 Gothenburg Foil team

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Woyda's grave in Warsaw

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.