Olympian auctions off her only medal to help infant get surgery
Aug 18, 2021 | 6:31 AM
This is the most heartwarming story you’ll hear all day.
Polish Olympic javelin thrower Maria Andrejczyk put her lone Olympic silver medal up for sale to help pay for a little boy’s heart surgery. One week later, and the silver medal officially sold. In the end, it was a Polish supermarket chain “Żabka” that landed the highest bid of $125,000.
In a heartwarming conclusion, Żabka then decided to give the medal right back
Polish javelin thrower Maria Andrejczyk auctioned off her Olympic silver medal to help send an 8-month-old boy to Stanford University for heart surgery.
Polish store chain Zabka won the auction with a bid of $125K, then returned the medal to her
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