Iga Swichtek named Alexander Slivka as the best Polish athlete of 2023. Athlete Natalia Kaczmarek and football player Robert Lewandowski took the next places. Interestingly, in an interview with Sport.pl a few days ago, Sliwka said that Swichtek was the number one player in Polish sports last year.
Last year's winner of the Przegląd Sportowy and Polsat plebiscite sent his choice to the editors of the oldest Polish sports daily. In first place was the volleyball player, who in the last twelve months won the League of Nations and the European Championship with the Polish national team and qualified for the Olympic Games, and won the Champions League for the third time with Grupa Azoty ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle. time in a row.
The second place in Schwichtek is taken by Kaczmarek, the silver medalist of the 400 meters World Championship held in Budapest, and in the third place, the Spanish champion in the colors of Barcelona and the top scorer of La Liga, Lewandowski.
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Shlivka will certainly be very happy to receive the award from a tennis player whose performances he regularly follows and whom he has great respect for. A few days ago, in a conversation with Lukasz Jaczymiak from Sport.pl, he said that for him the 2023 Swichtek was the best and he was voting for the best sportsman of the year in the plebiscite.
– I am very impressed with his game and class, also off the court. I sympathize with him a lot, I'm just a big fan of his talent – said the successful volleyball player.
– For us, the biggest distinction in the plebiscite of “Przegląd Sportowy” will be the title of the team of the year – the victory in this category is really the most important for us. However, if someone from Polish volleyball is awarded individually, it will be a great and certainly a great pride for him. But I emphasize: I want to thank the fans very much for voting for me, but I vote for Iga and I don't think too much about where I will be – added Slivka in an interview to Sport.pl.
Świątek is the main favorite of “Przegląd Sportowy” and Polsat plebiscite, the results of which will be announced this Saturday at the Sports Champions Gala. In 2023, the 22-year-old Racine won the French Open Grand Slam for the third time in her career, as well as the WTA Finals in Cancun and WTA tournaments in Doha, Stuttgart, Warsaw and Beijing. He started and finished the season as the world leader.
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