Marek Piotrowski - Other Recognitions

Other Recognitions

• In 1987 Piotrowski gained 'The Siren' award from the Sportowiec magazine from being the best Polish sport discovery of the year.
• On three separate occasions he was placed in the top ten of the best Polish sportsmen of the year in the Przeglad Sportowy ranking (1988, 1989, 1990), twice coming runner up.
• The 'Fighter' magazine voted Piotrowski second in their 'Best Kickboxers of the 1980s', -172 pound (78 kg) category.
• On two occasions he was recognised by American experts as 'Kickboxer of the Year' (1989 and 1994).
• He was also chosen by the American press as one of the best fighters of the 1990s.
• In 1991 Aleksander Bilik published the book 'Kickboxer', which described Piotrowski's career up until 1990.
• In 2005 a documentary about Piotrowski called 'The Warrior' was filmed.
• Also in 2005 there was the comic strip 'the Kickboxer' based on Marek Piotrowski published in the Polish publication Gazeta Wyborcza.
• In 2006 Piotrowski received the Stanley Honour - Kickboxing award.