Rafal Grotowski
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Rafał Grotowski is a field hockey
player from Poland
, who was a member of the Men's National Team that ended up in twelfth and last place at the 2000 Summer Olympics
in Sydney
. The team had qualified by surprise for the Games by defeating bigger names like New Zealand
at the 2000 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier
in Osaka, Japan.
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player from Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, who was a member of the Men's National Team that ended up in twelfth and last place at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. The team had qualified by surprise for the Games by defeating bigger names like New Zealand
Black Sticks
The Black Sticks Men are New Zealand's men's national field hockey team. They upset Australia to win gold at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, becoming the first non-Asian/European team to clinch the gold.-Summer Olympics:*1956 – Sixth place...
at the 2000 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier
2000 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier
The Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier for the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Osaka, Japan, from Thursday March 9 to Sunday March 20, 2000. Twelve nations took part, and they played a round robin divided into two groups...
in Osaka, Japan.