Renata Knapik-Miazga
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| Born | 15 July 1988 Tarnów, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Polish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | Épée | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National coach | Bartłomiej Język | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | AZS AWF Kraków | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Radosław Zawrotniak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | current ranking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Renata Knapik-Miazga (née Knapik; born 15 July 1988) is a Polish épée fencer. She participated in the 2020 and the 2024 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal in the épée team competition at the latter.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Knapik took up fencing at a club in Kraków after playing with sticks as a child.[3] When she was 14, she was forbidden by her doctors to continue fencing because of problems with her right hand. She switched her weapon hand and went on.[3] She won both an individual and team bronze medal at the 2007 Junior European Championships, then a silver medal at the 2011 U23 European Championships.
In the senior category she climbed her first World Cup podium in 2010 with a third place in Florina. She was national champion of Poland in 2012 and 2013. At the 2013 European Championships in Zagreb she reached the quarter-finals by defeating Ukraine's Anfisa Pochkalova, then lost to Romania's Ana Maria Brânză and came away with a bronze medal.[4]
Knapik studies civil engineering from the Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/martyna-swatowska-wenglarczyk_1894214 [bare URL]
- ^ Pobożniak, Jakub (30 July 2024). "Szpadzistki lubią brąz! Mamy drugi medal na IO!". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ a b Jacek Zukowski (19 September 2013). "Renata Knapik, szpadzistka z walecznym sercem". Gazeta Krakowska (in Polish).
- ^ Kazimierz Marcinek (19 June 2013). "Knapik trzecia w Europie!". Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish).
External links
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- Official website
- Renata Knapik at the International Fencing Federation
- Renata Knapik at the European Fencing Confederation
- Renata Knapik at Olympics.com
- Renata Knapik at Olympedia
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