Polish Olympian Maria Andrejczyk received attention this week for her wonderful gesture.
Andrejczyk won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the javelin throw. The 25-year-old then heard about a sick 8-month-old baby, Miloszek Malysa, who needs heart surgery. She decided to auction off her silver medal as a fundraiser to help pay for the boy to undergo surgery at the Stanford University Medical Center.
This was her announcement last week regarding her intent to sell the medal:
Five days later, Andrejczyk announced on Monday that the winner of the auction was Żabka, a Polish supermarket chain. Zabka paid $125,000 for the medal, which they are returning to Andrejczyk. The money will fund the boy’s surgery.
Zwycięzcą licytacji, a zarazem spółką, której będę dozgonnie wdzięczna jest firma @ZabkaPolska
Nie mam słów by wyrazić to jak bardzo jestem dziś szczęśliwa
OGROMNY SZACUNEK I PODZIĘKOWANIA
Fot. Paweł Skraba pic.twitter.com/g73s1y2hZT
— Maria Andrejczyk (@MariaAndrejczyk) August 16, 2021
That was a very cool use of the medal by Andrejczyk, and a nice gesture by Zabka as well.
