Michał Majewski

Michał Majewski (born 23 February 1987) is a Polish foil fencer, team bronze medallist in the 2008 World Fencing Championships and bronze medallist in the 2012 European Fencing Championships.

Michał Majewski
Personal information
Born (1987-02-23) 23 February 1987
Height1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)
Sport
SportFencing
WeaponFoil
Handleft-handed
ClubAZS AWF Warsaw
FIE rankingcurrent ranking

Career

Majewski was born in a sport-loving family: his mother was a gymnast and his father a fencer.[1] He himself took up fencing under the direction of his uncle and godfather Piotr Majewski. He earned a bronze medal in the 2006 Junior European Championships in Poznań. In seniors, he climbed his first World Cup podium with a bronze medal in the 2006 Vancouver Grand Prix. He joined the national team that same year and won with them a silver medal in the 2006 European Championships. On his way back at the airport he was involved in a scuffle with a Turkish official and spent two months in prison.[2]

In the 2007–08 season Majewski reached the final of the Montreal Grand Prix, where he was defeated by France's Erwann Le Péchoux.[3] He took part in the 2008 World Championships held for events not included in the 2008 Summer Olympics programme. With Sławomir Mocek, Radosław Glonek and Marcin Zawada, Majewski reached the semi-finals, where Poland stumbled against Italy. They prevailed in the small final to earn a bronze medal.[4] At the European Championships in Kiev, he was stopped in the quarter-finals by Andriy Pogrebnyak of Ukraine and placed 5th.[5] In the team event, Poland reached the final where they were again overcome by Italy and took the silver medal.[4] Majewski finished the season No.19 in World rankings, a personal best as of 2014.

In the 2008–09 season he reached the semi-finals in the Espinho Grand Prix in 2009, but was disqualified and served a two-year suspension after testing positive for cocaine.[2] After his return he reached the semi-finals at the 2012 European Championships in Legnano, but fell against Benjamin Kleibrink and took a bronze medal, his best personal achievement as of 2014.[6] In the 2012–13 season Poland reached again the final of the European Championships in Zabreb, but could not overcome Germany and came away with a silver medal.[7]

References
  1. Anna Kalinowska (5 October 2008). "Wywiad z szermierzem Michałem Majewskim" (in Polish). portalaktywni.com.
  2. Oskar Berezowski (28 June 2009). "Kokainowy szok na polskiej planszy". Polska Times (in Polish).
  3. "PŚ florecistów: Michał Majewski drugi w Montrealu" (in Polish). Polska Agencja Prasowa. 31 May 2008.
  4. "ME w szermierce: srebrny medal polskich florecistów" (in Polish). Polska Agencja Prasowa. 9 July 2008.
  5. "ME w szermierce: Michał Majewski szósty we florecie" (in Polish). Polska Agencja Prasowa. 6 June 2008.
  6. "Florecista Michał Majewski z brązem" (in Polish). Polska Agencja Prasowa. 16 June 2012.
  7. "ME w szermierce: Srebrny medal drużyny florecistów" (in Polish). Polska Agencja Prasowa. 20 June 2013. Archived from the original on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  • Profile at the European Fencing Confederation
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