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| Born | (1988-07-15) 15 July 1988 (age 36) 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Career
Knapik took up fencing at a club in Kraków after playing with sticks as a child. 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. 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.
Knapik studies civil engineering from the Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology.
See also
References
- https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/martyna-swatowska-wenglarczyk_1894214
- Pobożniak, Jakub (30 July 2024). "Szpadzistki lubią brąz! Mamy drugi medal na IO!". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ 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 Olympics.com
- Renata Knapik at Olympedia
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