Maria Śliwka

Maria Śliwka
Personal information
Full name	Maria Śliwka (later Serkiz, later Pankowa)
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1935-12-07)7 December 1935 Biłgoraj, Poland
Died	30 March 1997(1997-03-30) (aged 61) Wrocław, Poland
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
National team
1957–1964 Poland (118)
Honours Women's volleyball Representing Poland Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo World Championship 1962 Soviet Union European Championship 1963 Romania 1958 Czechoslovakia
Last updated: 26 June 2015

Maria Śliwka (born Serkiz, later Panek, later Śliwka, on 7 December 1935; died 30 March 1997) was a Polish volleyball player. She was a member of Poland women's national volleyball team in 1957–1964, a bronze medalist of the Olympic Games Tokyo 1964, a bronze medalist of the World Championship 1962 and medalist of the European Championship (silver in 1963, bronze in 1958).

Career as player

National team

Her first medal she won bronze of European Championship 1958 held in Czechoslovakia. In 1962 she won bronze medal of World Championship, and one year later silver of European Championship 1963. In 1964 she took part in Olympic Games Tokyo 1964. She played in all five matches and Poland, including Śliwka, won bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. Śliwka played in national team 118 times.

External links

• Maria Śliwka at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Maria Sliwka at Olympics.com