Marta Makowska

Marta Makowska

Personal information
Birth name	Marta Wyrzykowska
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1977-07-13) July 13, 1977 Warsaw, Poland
Spouse	Adam Makowski
Sport
Sport	Wheelchair fencing
Medal record Women's wheelchair fencing Representing Poland Paralympic Games 2000 Sydney Épée team 2000 Sydney Épée B 2000 Sydney Foil team 2000 Sydney Foil B 2004 Athens Épée B 2004 Athens Foil team 2012 London Foil B

Marta Makowska is a Polish wheelchair fencer who has won multiple medals for her country at the Paralympic Games, including four at the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia.

Career

Marta Makowska (née Wyrzykowska) was born in Warsaw, Poland, on 13 July 1977. She attended Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw where she studied life science. Outside of wheelchair fencing, which she took up as a teenager, Makowska works is a government employee at the District Family Assistance Centre in Wolomin.

At her first Paralympic Games in 2000 in Sydney, Australia, Makowska won four gold medals in the wheelchair fencing. This included a 15–4 defeat of Hungary's Judit Palfi in the Women's épée individual B, as well as the individual foil and both team events. She won a further two bronze medals at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece, and another bronze at the 2012 Games in London, England.

Makowska was awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland in 2013 by Bronislaw Komorowski, President of Poland.

Personal life

Marta is married to Adam Makowski. Shortly before attending the 2008 Paralympic Games, Makowska discovered that she was pregnant, later giving birth to a girl.