Marek Sitnik

Marek Sitnik
Personal information
Full name Marek Sitnik
Nationality  Poland
Born (1975-04-20) 20 April 1975
Olsztyn, Poland
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Style Greco-Roman
Club Śląsk Wrocław
Coach Jerzy Adamek

Marek Sitnik (born April 20, 1975 in Olsztyn) is a retired Polish Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's heavyweight category.[1] Sitnik won silver medals in the 90-kg division at both the 1993 and 1994 European Junior Championships, and later competed in two Olympic Games (2000 and 2004). Throughout his sporting career, Sitnik trained at Śląsk Wrestling Club in Wrocław, under his personal coach and mentor Jerzy Adamek.[2]

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Sitnik lost to Turkey's Fatih Bakir, Czech Republic's David Vála, and Israel's Yuri Evseitchik, and finished seventeenth in the final standings.[3]

Sitnik qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athensby his performance at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships in Créteil, France.[4][5] He lost his opening match to eventual gold medallist Karam Gaber (Egypt) and Georgios Koutsioumpas (Greece) either side of a win over Kazakhstan's Asset Mambetov. Sitnik finished third in the pool and fourteenth overall in the final standings.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Marek Sitnik". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Złoty Sitnik" [Gold for Sitnik] (in Polish). Wrocław Nasze Miasto. 28 October 2002. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Wrestling – Super Heavyweight Greco-Roman (130kg)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 111–112. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  4. ↑ Abbott, Gary (27 July 2004). "Olympic Games preview at 96 kg/211.5 lbs. in men's Greco-Roman". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Szóstka klasyków do Aten" [Six wrestlers to Athens] (in Polish). Dziennik Polski. 15 March 2004. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Wrestling: Men's Greco-Roman 96kg". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Nieudane przedpołudnie Polaków w Atenach" [Poles came a dull morning in Athens] (in Polish). RMF FM. 25 August 2004. Retrieved 13 June 2014.


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