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
NationalityPolish
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
CountryPoland
SportFencing
WeaponÉpée
Handleft-handed
ClubKrakowski Klub Szermierzy (KKS)
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Women's épée
Representing  Poland
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 MilanTeam
Bronze medal – third place2017 LeipzigTeam
Bronze medal – third place2022 CairoTeam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 DüsseldorfTeam
Silver medal – second place2018 Novi SadTeam
Bronze medal – third place2013 ZagrebIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2016 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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