Robert Sycz is a Polish

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...

 rower

Rowing (sport)

Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

, and double Olympic Champion.

Sycz started his rowing career with SWOS 2 (Szkolny Wojewódzki Ośrodek Sportowy nr 2) in Warsaw. He currently competes for RTW Bydgostia in Bydgoszcz. Together with Tomasz Kucharski

Tomasz Kucharski

Tomasz Kucharski is a Polish competition rower and Olympic champion.Together with Robert Sycz Kucharski won two gold medals in lightweit double sculls, at the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 Summer Olympics.For his sport achievements, he received the Order of Polonia Restituta: Knight's...

, Rober Sycz won two gold Olympic medals (in Sydney 2000 and in Athens 2004) in men's lightweight double sculls. This pair also won two gold medals (1997, 1998) and three silver medals (2001, 2002, 2003) at the World Rowing Championships.

For his sport achievements, he received the Order of Polonia Restituta

Polonia Restituta

The Order of Polonia Restituta is one of Poland's highest Orders. The Order can be conferred for outstanding achievements in the fields of education, science, sport, culture, art, economics, defense of the country, social work, civil service, or for furthering good relations between countries...

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Knight's Cross (5th Class) in 2000,

Officer's Cross (4th Class) in 2004.

Sycz was listed as the number two male rower of 2009 in the 2010 FOCUS issue of FISA's World Rowing Magazine.

Achievements

• Olympic
  Rowing at the Summer Olympics
  Rowing at the Summer Olympics has been part of the competition since the 1900 Summer Olympics. Rowing was on the program at the 1896 Summer Olympics but was cancelled due to bad weather. Only men were allowed to compete until the women's events were introduced at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal...
  
   Medals: 2 Gold
• World Championship
  World Rowing Championships
  The World Rowing Championships is an international rowing regatta organized by FISA . It is a week long event held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer and in non-Olympic years is the highlight of the international rowing calendar.The first event was held in Lucerne, Switzerland in 1962...
  
   Medals: 2 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze

Olympic Games

• 2004 - Gold, Lightweight Double Sculls (with Tomasz Kucharski
  Tomasz Kucharski
  Tomasz Kucharski is a Polish competition rower and Olympic champion.Together with Robert Sycz Kucharski won two gold medals in lightweit double sculls, at the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 Summer Olympics.For his sport achievements, he received the Order of Polonia Restituta: Knight's...
  
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• 2000 - Gold, Lightweight Double Sculls (with Tomasz Kucharski)
• 1996 - 7th, Lightweight Double Sculls (with Grzegorz Wdowiak)

World Rowing Championships

• 2005 - Bronze, Lightweight Double Sculls (with Paweł Rańda)
• 2003 - Silver, Lightweight Double Sculls (with Tomasz Kucharski)
• 2002 - Silver, Lightweight Double Sculls (with Tomasz Kucharski)
• 2001 - Silver, Lightweight Double Sculls (with Tomasz Kucharski)
• 1998 - Gold, Lightweight Double Sculls (with Tomasz Kucharski)
• 1997 - Gold, Lightweight Double Sculls (with Tomasz Kucharski)
• 1995 - 5th, Lightweight Double Sculls (with Grzegorz Wdowiak)
• 1994 - 7th, Lightweight Double Sculls (with Grzegorz Wdowiak)
• 1993 - 6th, Lightweight Double Sculls (with Grzegorz Wdowiak)