Renata Knapik-Miazga

Renata Knapik-Miazga (born 15 July 1988) is a Polish épée fencer, bronze medallist at the 2013 European Fencing Championships.

Renata Knapik-Miazga
Personal information
Born (1988-07-15) 15 July 1988
Tarnów, Poland
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportFencing
WeaponÉpée
Handleft-handed
ClubKrakowski Klub Szermierzy (KKS)
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
World Championships
2017 LeipzigTeam
European Championships
2019 DüsseldorfTeam
2018 Novi SadTeam
2013 ZagrebIndividual
2016 ToruńIndividual

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
  1. Jacek Zukowski (19 September 2013). "Renata Knapik, szpadzistka z walecznym sercem". Gazeta Krakowska (in Polish).
  2. Kazimierz Marcinek (19 June 2013). "Knapik trzecia w Europie!". Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish).
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