Tomasz Tomiak

Tomasz Tomiak (17 September 1967 to 21 August 2020) was a Polish rower born in Nowy Tomyśl who won a bronze medal in the coxed fours at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. After graduating from the Academy of Physical Education and Sport in Gdańsk (AWFiS) he started rowing with PTW Płock and from 1989 represented AZS-AWFiS Gdańsk. He also won two World Championship medals, a bronze in the coxed fours at Vienna in 1991 and a silver in the coxless fours at Racice in 1993. After his sporting career ended in 1995 he stayed close to rowing as a board member of the Polish Association of Rowing Societies from 2001 to 2008, vice-president for sports of the PZTW in 2004 and, from 2008, president of AZS-AWFiS Gdańsk, and he worked as a researcher at the Gdańsk academy.