Michał Słoma

Michał Słoma
Personal information
Nickname(s) Slomka[1]
Nationality  Poland
Born (1982-01-31) 31 January 1982
Prostki, Warmian-Masurian, Poland
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Weight 91 kg (201 lb)
Sport
Sport Rowing
Club AZS UMK Energa[1]
Coached by Alex Wojciechowski[1]
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Poland
European Championships
2009 Brest Quadruple sculls

Michał Słoma (born January 31, 1982 in Prostki, Warmian-Masurian) is a Polish rower.[1][2] He won a silver medal, as a member of Polish rowing team, in the men's quadruple sculls (5:55.09) at the 2009 European Rowing Championships in Brest, Belarus, and later represented Poland at his first Olympics in London. Sloma also trained for AZS UMK Energa in Toruń under his personal coaches Alex Wojciechowski, Jaroslaw Janowski, Mariusz Szumanski, and Witold Sroga.[1]

Sloma qualified for the men's single sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by earning a third spot from FISA Olympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland with an entry time of 7:04.51.[3][4] Rowing in the C-Final, Sloma paddled his pace to overhaul Monaco's Mathias Raymond for a fifth-place effort and seventeenth overall in 7:34.98.[5] Earlier in the prelims, Sloma posted a lifetime best of 6:54.58 in heat four to secure his automatic slot for the subsequent stages.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Michał Słoma". London 2012. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Michał Słoma". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Olympic qualification wraps up for rowing". FISA. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  4. ↑ Collignon, Julien (23 May 2012). "Tim Maeyens qualifié pour les jeux Olympiques de Londres" [Tim Maeyens qualified for the London Olympics] (in French). 7Sur7. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Men's Single Sculls Final C". London 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Men's Single Sculls Heat 4". London 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2013.


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