Jerzy Pawłowski

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Olympic medal record
Men’s Fencing
Competitor for  Poland
Gold	1968 Mexico City	Sabre Individual
Silver	1956 Melbourne	Sabre Individual
Silver	1956 Melbourne	Sabre Team
Silver	1960 Rome	Sabre Team
Bronze	1964 Tokyo	Sabre Team

Jerzy Pawłowski (born October 25, 1932 in Warsaw – died January 11, 2005 in Warsaw) was a Polish fencer and spy.

A major in the Polish army at the time, he won the gold medal in the individual men's sabre event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He took part in five Olympic Games altogether, winning also three silvers and one bronze medal (1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics).

In 1967 The International Fencing Federation called him the best fencer in the history of mankind.

He was arrested on April 24, 1975, and on April 8, 1976, was sentenced by a military court in Warsaw to 25 years' prison, 10 years' suspension of civic rights, demotion to Private and forfeiture of his entire property for espionage in favour of an unnamed NATO member-country between 1964 and his arrest. He had, in fact, been a double agent for the U.S. CIA from 1964, and the Polish intelligence service from 1950.

After ten years, he was to be included in one of the spy-exchange operations on Glienicke Bridge in Berlin, but he preferred to stay in Poland and spent the rest of his life as a painter and faith healer in Warsaw, where he died.

Awards
Preceded by Elżbieta Krzesińska	Polish Sportspersonality of the Year 1957	Succeeded by Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak
Preceded by Sobiesław Zasada	Polish Sportspersonality of the Year 1968	Succeeded by Waldemar Baszanowski