Małgorzata Wojtkowiak

Małgorzata Wojtkowiak
Personal information
Born (1982-01-30) 30 January 1982
Poznań, Poland
Weapon(s) Foil
Hand right-handed
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
National coach(es) Paweł Kantorski
Club AZS-AWF Poznań
Head coach(es) Paweł Kantorski
FIE Ranking current ranking

Małgorzata Wojtkowiak (born January 30, 1982 in Poznań) is a Polish foil fencer, team world champion in 2003 and 2007 and individual bronze medallist at the 2008 European Championships. She represented Poland at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.

Career

Wojtkowiak took up fencing at the age of twelve after a “come and try” session at school.[1] She quickly showed promise and joined the cadet national team. She earned a bronze medal at the 1998 and 1999 Cadet World Championships. She was part of the team that won the gold medal at the 1999 Junior World Championships in Keszthely. She took an individual bronze and a team gold at the following edition in South Bend, then claimed a double gold haul at the 2001 edition at home in Gdańsk.[1]

Wojtkowiak joined the senior national team for the 2000 European Championships in Madeira, where she earned a team bronze medal. She took a silver with the team at the 2002 World Championships in Lisbon, then a gold at the 2003 edition in Havana. Poland repeated the feat at the 2004 edition

She qualified to the 2008 Summer Olympics as a member of a top-ranked team. In the individual event she was defeated 15-8 on her first bout by Zhang Lei of China.[2] In the team event Poland lost in the first round to the United States and finished seventh after the classification matches.[3]

She qualified to the 2012 Summer Olympics with Poland again. In the individual event she lost in the first round again to China's Chen Jinyan. In the team event Poland was overcome by France in the first round. They beat successively Great Britain and the United States to place fifth.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Jean-Marie Safra (March 2001). "Fencing rediscovers America" (pdf). Escrime Internationale (35): 20.
  2. ↑ "Beijing 2008 - Fencing - Women's Foil Individual". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Beijing 2008 - Fencing - Women's Team Foil". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Małgorzata Wojtkowiak Olympic Record". Sports Reference.
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