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Polish weightlifter Agata Wróbel lost her sight, receives lifetime pension from PM

10.01.2025 17:38
The information about a lifetime benefit of 5,000 PLN (approximately 1,172 EUR) per month for the Olympic medalist was confirmed by Minister of Sport Sławomir Nitras.
Polands Agata Wróbel, in an archival photo from ATHENS, GREECE, during the 2004 OLYMPIC GAMES, where she won the bronze medal in weightlifting in the +75 kg category. The athlete had been struggling with health issues for a long time.
Poland's Agata Wróbel, in an archival photo from ATHENS, GREECE, during the 2004 OLYMPIC GAMES, where she won the bronze medal in weightlifting in the +75 kg category. The athlete had been struggling with health issues for a long time. PAP/PRZEMEK WIERZCHOWSKI

Through social media, the Minister of Sport and Tourism assured that Agata Wróbel's health will be taken care of by the staff at the University Hospital in Kraków.

The press spokesman for the Polish Weightlifting Federation, Marek Kaczmarczyk, had already announced the day before that Poland's greatest weightlifter, a silver and bronze Olympic medalist, would receive support from "the best specialists."

Last month, Agata Wróbel shared a post on social media about her health condition.

"I don't want anything for myself anymore. Truly nothing. Since I lost my sight, I feel like I’ve been excluded from society," she wrote on Facebook. 

Agata Wróbel's battle with diabetes

Agata Wróbel ended her sports career at the end of 2006 due to a hepatitis C infection, but returned to competition three years later and officially retired from professional sports in 2010.

After her retirement, the weightlifter appeared rarely in the media, and in 2019, she launched a fundraising campaign for treatment, battling diabetes and diabetic neuropathy.

Source: IAR/X/@SlawomirNitras/@sport_pr24pl/Facebook/Agata Wróbel

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