Filip Kamil Adamski (born 5 January 1983 in

Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...

, Poland) is a German former representative rower. He is a world champion, a dual Olympian and an Olympic gold medallist. He was in the crew that won the gold medal in the men's eight competition at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in London. Later that year each member of the crew was awarded the

Silbernes Lorbeerblatt Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (, ), the highest sports award in Germany, was endowed on 23 June 1950 by the German President Theodor Heuss. It is awarded to athletes and teams of exemplary character that have won medals at Olympic and Paralympic Games ...

(Silver Laurel Leaf), Germany's highest sports award, for the achievement. He also finished in 6th place in the

coxless four A coxless four, abbreviated as a 4- and also called a straight four, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars, without a coxswain. The crew consists of four ...

at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

. His world championship title was won in

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

in the German men's eight.

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* * * 1983 births Living people German male rowers Polish emigrants to Germany Sportspeople from Wrocław Rowers from Lower Silesian Voivodeship Olympic rowers for Germany Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Germany Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-rowing-bio-stub