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Grzegorz Fijałek (born 11 May 1987 in Andrychów) is a Polish male beach volleyball player. He competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics with his partner Mariusz Prudel. The other teams in their pool, group D, were Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Ruslans Sorokins (Latvia), Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal (USA) and the South African team of Freedom Chiya and Grant Goldschmidt.[1][2][3] They lost to the Latvian team, but beat the South African and American teams.[3] Next they played the Swiss pair of Sascha Heyer and Seba Chevallier in the last 16, winning two sets to nil.[3] In the quarterfinals they lost to the Brazilian team of Emanuel Rego and Alison Cerutti.[3]
Prudel and Fijałek were considered to be medal contenders in the 2012 Olympics.
References
- ↑ "Kerri Walsh, Misty May-Treanor win". ESPN. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ↑ "Mariusz Prudel". London 2012: Athletes. NBC Olympics. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 "beach volleyball men results – Beach volleyball – London 2012 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
External links
- Grzegorz Fijałek at the FIVB beach volleyball database
- Grzegorz Fijałek at the Beach Volleyball Database
- Grzegorz Fijałek at Olympedia
- Grzegorz Fijałek at Olympics.com
- Grzegorz Fijałek at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (archive) (in Polish)
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