Wojciech Zabłocki

Wojciech Zabłocki

Wojciech Zabłocki
Personal information
Born	(1930-12-06) 6 December 1930 Warsaw, Poland
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Medal record Mens' fencing Competitor for  Poland Men's Fencing Olympic Games Silver 1956 Melbourne Team sabre Silver 1960 Rome Team sabre Bronze 1964 Tokyo Team sabre World Championships Gold 1959 Team Gold 1961 Team Gold 1962 Team Gold 1963 Team Silver 1954 Team Bronze 1953 Team Bronze 1957 Team Bronze 1958 Team Bronze 1961 Individual

Wojciech Zabłocki (born December 6, 1930 in Warsaw) is a Polish architect and fencer.

Sports career

Zabłocki participated in four Olympic Games: 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne, 1960 Rome, 1964 Tokyo and won two silver (1956, 1960) and one bronze medal (1964) in team sabre fencing.^[1][2]

He participated in the FIE World Championships in Fencing and won four gold (team: 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963), one silver (team: 1954) and four bronze medals (individual: 1961; team: 1953, 1957, 1958).

Zabłocki won the Polish fencing championships five times. He was a member of MKS Katowice, Budowlani Kraków, Krakowski Klub Szermierzy (KKSz) and Marymont Warszawa teams.

Architecture works

Zabłocki is the designer of several sports buildings including The Józef Piłsudski Academy of Physical Education in Warsaw and a sports complex in Konin. He also co-designed the Silesian Insurgents Monument in Katowice in 1967.

Selected bibliography

• Z workiem szermierczym po świecie (1962)
• Podróże z szablą (1965)
• Szablą i piórkiem (1982)
• Architektura dla potrzeb czynnej rekreacji w aglomeracjach miejskich (1968)
• Cięcia prawdziwą szablą (1989)

References

• "Zabłocki Wojciech". Internetowa encyklopedia PWN. Retrieved 2007-04-22. 
• "Zabłocki Wojciech". WIEM Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2007-04-22.