Maria Śliwka
Maria Śliwka | |||
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Full name | Maria Śliwka (later Serkiz, later Pankowa) | ||
Nationality | Polish | ||
Born | Biłgoraj, Poland | December 7, 1935||
Died | March 30, 1997 Wrocław, Poland | (aged 61)||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
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Last updated: 26 June 2015 |
Maria Śliwka (born Serkiz, later Panek, later Śliwka) Born December 1935, died 30 March 1997) was a former female Polish volleyball player, 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
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- 1935 births
- 1997 deaths
- People from Biłgoraj
- Sportspeople from Lublin Voivodeship
- Polish women's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic volleyball players of Poland
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Olympic bronze medalists for Poland
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Polish Olympic medalist stubs
- Polish volleyball biography stubs