Renata Knapik-Miazga
Renata Knapik-Miazga | |
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Personal information | |
Born | (1988-07-15) 15 July 1988 (age 35) Tarnów, Poland |
Nationality | Polish |
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Poland |
Sport | Fencing |
Weapon | Épée |
Hand | left-handed |
Club | Krakowski Klub Szermierzy (KKS) |
FIE ranking | current ranking |
Renata Knapik-Miazga (born 15 July 1988) is a Polish épée fencer, bronze medallist at the 2013 European Fencing Championships.
Career
Knapik took up fencing at a club in Kraków after playing with sticks as a child.[1] 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.[1] 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.[2]
Knapik studies civil engineering from the Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology.
References
- ^ 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
- Official website
- Renata Knapik at the International Fencing Federation
- Renata Knapik at the European Fencing Confederation
- Renata Knapik at Olympedia
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