Olympian Tries To Auction Off Medal To Pay for Infant’s Heart Surgery, But Winning Bidder Won’t Accept Prize

Polish Olympian Maria Andrejczyk won a silver medal in women’s javelin at the Tokyo 🏅Olympics, but she’s proved she has a heart of gold after using her platform to help a child in need.

The 25-year-old athlete announced on Aug. 11 that she would be raising money for Miłoszek Małysa, an 8-month-old Polish boy who desperately needs expensive heart surgery in the U.S.

And the way she planned to do that was by auctioning off her medal to the highest bidder.

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“Miłoszek … has a serious heart defect, he needs an operation,” Andrejczyk wrote on Facebook. “It’s for him that I am auctioning my Olympic silver medal.”

The boy’s family had already raised about half the necessary amount to pay for the procedure and travel costs, which came to $385,000, according to Fox News.

Andrejczyk’s decision to auction off her medal wasn’t a difficult one, as she had her sights set on what truly mattered.

“The true value of a medal always remains in the heart,” Andrejczyk said, according to The Times of London