{"id":279,"date":"2021-08-20T18:58:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T18:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/de-evolutionize.me\/?p=279"},"modified":"2024-11-01T18:35:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T18:35:33","slug":"maria-andrejczyk-auctions-tokyo-olympic-medal-for-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/de-evolutionize.me\/index.php\/2021\/08\/20\/maria-andrejczyk-auctions-tokyo-olympic-medal-for-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Andrejczyk Auctions Tokyo Olympic Medal For Charity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The world needs to hear more stories like this.<\/p>\n

Maria Andrejczyk, a javelin thrower from Poland<\/a>, won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n

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Maria Andreczyk\"\ud83c\udf1f\"\"\u2728\"\"\ud83c\udf65\" pic.twitter.com\/pETVzvqvir<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Doug Roling\"\u269c\" (@DougRoling1) August 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Andrejczyk had plans for her medal; none of which people could have expected.<\/p>\n

She put it up for auction and got $125,000 for it.<\/p>\n

Andrejczyk planned to donate all of the proceeds to a fundraiser for an 8-month-old Polish child named Mi\u0142oszek Ma\u0142ysa.<\/p>\n

He is dealing with a serious heart defect that required surgery and care.<\/p>\n

His family could not afford the health care expenses or the travel costs.<\/p>\n

The necessary surgery has to be done at Stanford University Medical Center in California.<\/p>\n

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Pay It Forward<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Polish javelinist Maria Andrejczyk auctioned her #Tokyo2020<\/a> silver medal for $125k USD to help send 8-month-old Mi\u0142oszek Ma\u0142ysa to Stanford University for heart surgery<\/p>\n

\u017babka, a chain of Polish supermarkets, submitted the winning bid before giving the medal back to Andrejczyk pic.twitter.com\/NLjX9RgjGO<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) August 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Think this is the ultimate pay-it-forward gesture?<\/p>\n

Well, the story does not end here, and more generosity followed.<\/p>\n

Andrejczyk put the medal up for auction on August 11 with a starting bid of $50,000.<\/p>\n

She ended the auction on August 16.<\/p>\n

Andrejczyk said:<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cI decided to end the auction so that our Mi\u0142osz would receive the entire amount as soon as possible and could fly to the USA.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u017babka, a Polish supermarket chain, won the auction, and in the ultimate act of double charity, the business returned the medal to Andrejczyk and donated the $125,000 bid to the boy\u2019s medical care.<\/p>\n

For her part, Andrejczyk had no problems parting with the medal.<\/p>\n

She said:<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe true value of a medal always remains in the heart. A medal is only an object, but it can be of great value to others. This silver can save lives, instead of collecting dust in a closet. That is why I decided to auction it to help sick children.\u201d<\/p>\n

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About Andrejczyk<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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It is not as though she had Olympic medals sitting around.<\/p>\n

Competing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was a huge accomplishment for her, and winning a silver medal an even bigger one.<\/p>\n

She was within striking distance at the 2016 Rio Olympics, falling two centimeters short of medaling.<\/p>\n

On top of that, the 25-year-old Andrejczyk had her own health issues in the past few years.<\/p>\n

First, a shoulder injury that required surgery and rehabilitation limited her ability to compete in 2017.<\/p>\n

In 2018, she was diagnosed with bone cancer.<\/p>\n

She described her condition<\/a> after the fact.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was not something very dangerous and I knew I could make a quick recovery. It was a soft cancer and I didn\u2019t have to go through chemotherapy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There has been no word from the boy\u2019s family or Stanford if a date for the surgery has been set.<\/p>\n

Both Andrejczyk and the Polish supermarket chain \u017babka show all of us what generosity looks like and how it can potentially change someone\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

The post Maria Andrejczyk Auctions Tokyo Olympic Medal For Charity<\/a> appeared first on The Cold Wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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