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Michał Majewski
Michał Majewski (born 23 February 1987) is a Polish foil fencer, team bronze medallist in the 2008 World Fencing Championships and three-time team silver medallist at the European Fencing Championships. Career Majewski was born in a sport-loving family: his mother was a gymnast and his father a fencer. 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. In the 2007–08 season Majewski reached the final of the Montreal Grand Prix, where he was defeated by France's Erwann Le Péchoux. He took part in the 2008 World Championships held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 World Fencing Championships
The 2013 World Fencing Championships were held at Budapest, Hungary from 5–12 August. Schedule Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events Participating nations 827 fencers from 101 countries competed. * (1) * (13) * (18) * (4) * (5) * (1) * (13) * (4) * (1) * (2) * (23) * (1) * (8) * (1) * (24) * (6) * (21) * (7) * (11) * (1) * (7) * (1) * (15) * (10) * (4) * (2) * (10) * (3) * (8) * (9) * (26) * (10) * (25) * (11) * (14) * (1) * (1) * (24) * (Host) (25) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (9) * (16) * (25) * (25) * (17) * (7) * (4) * (4) * (2) * (1) * (3) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (19) * (2) * (1) * (8) * (3) * (1) * (2) * (1) * (1) * (5) * (1) * (5) * (1) * (2) * (1) * (24) * (7) * (1) * (15) * (24) * (2) * (8) * (20) * (4) * (9) * (3) * (24) * (14) * (1) * (5) * (8) * (2) * (4) * (1) * (4) * (13) * (5) * (1) * (26) * (24) * (2) * (8) * (23) * (1) External links * F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 28 sports and 302 events, one event more than those scheduled for the 2004 Summer Olympics. This was the first time China had hosted the Olympic Games, and the third time the Summer Olympic Games had been held in East Asia, following the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, and the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. These were also the second Summer Olympic Games to be held in a communist state, the first being the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union (with venues in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Estonia). Beijing was awarded the 2008 Games over four competitors on 13 July 2001, having won a majority of votes from members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after two rounds o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Male Fencers
Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in C ..., people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwriters Polish may refer to: * Polishing, the process of creating a smooth and shiny surface by rubbing or chemical action ** French polishing, polishing wood to a high gloss finish * Nail polish * Shoe polish * Polish (screenwriting), improving a script in smaller ways than in a rewrite See also * * * Polonaise (other) {{Disambiguation, surname Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1987 Births
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List Of Poles
This is a partial list of notable Polish or Polish-speaking or -writing people. People of partial Polish heritage have their respective ancestries credited. Science Physics * Czesław Białobrzeski * Andrzej Buras * Georges Charpak, 1995 Nobel Prize * Jan Kazimierz Danysz * Marian Danysz * Tomasz Dietl * Maria Dworzecka * Artur Ekert, one of the independent inventors (in 1991) of quantum cryptography * Marek Gazdzicki * Ryszard Horodecki * Leopold Infeld * Aleksander Jabłoński * Jerzy Stanisław Janicki * Sylwester Kaliski * Elżbieta Kossecka * Jan Eugeniusz Krysiński * Stanislas Leibler * Maciej Lewenstein * Olga Malinkiewicz * Albert A. Michelson, 1907 Nobel Prize * Lidia Morawska * Stanisław Mrozowski * Władysław Natanson * Witold Nazarewicz * Henryk Niewodniczański * Georges Nomarski * Karol Olszewski * Jerzy Plebański * Jerzy Pniewski * Nikodem Popławski * Sylwester Porowski, blue laser * Józef Rotblat, 1995 Nobel Peace Prize * Stefan Rozent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012–13 Fencing World Cup
The 42nd FIE Fencing World Cup began in October 2012 and concluded in July 2013 at the 2013 World Fencing Championships held in Budapest. Andrea Cassarà of Italy won the title for a record fifth time in men's foil, while Romania's Ana Maria Brânză ended up the top-ranked fencer in women's épée for a record third time. The World Cup medals were awarded during the FIE's gala dinner in Paris at the Automobile Club de France on 30 November 2013. Individual Épée Top 10 Men's épée , - , 3 May 2013 , Challenge Réseau ferré de France-Trophée Monal, Paris , World Cup , , , , - , 11 May 2013 , Tissot Grand Prix de Berne, Bern , Grand Prix , , , , - , 18 May 2013 , Tournoi satellite, Split , Satellite , , , , - , 24 May 2013 , Jockey Club Argentino, Buenos Aires , World Cup , , , , - , 16 June 2013 , Pan American Championships, Cartagena , Zone , , , , - , 16 June 2013 , European Championships, Zagreb , Zone , , , , - , 4 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Kleibrink
Benjamin Philip Kleibrink (born 30 July 1985, in Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...) is a German left-handed foil fencer, 2007 team European champion, two-time Olympian, two-time Olympic medalist, and 2008 Olympic champion. Medal Record Olympic Games World Championship European Championship Grand Prix World Cup References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kleibrink, Benjamin 1985 births German male fencers Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers of Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Sportspeople from Düsseldorf Living people Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008–09 Fencing World Cup
The 38th FIE Fencing World Cup began in October 2008 and concluded in October 2009 at the 2009 World Fencing Championships held in Antalya, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with .... Individual Épée Individual Foil Individual Sabre Team Épée Team Foil Team Sabre References FIE rankings {{DEFAULTSORT:2008-09 Fencing World Cup Fencing World Cup 2008 in fencing 2009 in fencing International fencing competitions hosted by Turkey 2016 in Turkish sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andriy Pogrebnyak
Andriy Pohrebnyak ( uk, Андрій Погребняк; born 11 February 1988) is a Ukrainian foil fencer, bronze medallist in the 2008 European Fencing Championships The 2008 European Fencing Championships were held in Kyiv, Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northea .... Pohrebnyak won the Ukraine national championship in 2013 and 2014. References External links * * archive 1988 births Living people Ukrainian male foil fencers Fencers from Kyiv European Games competitors for Ukraine Fencers at the 2023 European Games {{Ukraine-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcin Zawada
Marcin (Polish pronunciation: ) is a male given name or surname. Notable people with the name Marcin include: Given name * Marcin Dorociński (born 1973), Polish actor * Marcin Gortat (born 1984), Polish basketball player * Marcin Held (born 1992), Polish mixed martial artist * Marcin Jakubowski founded Open Source Ecology (OSE) in 2003 * Marcin Kaczmarek (other), several people ** Marcin Kaczmarek (footballer) (born 1979), Polish footballer ** Marcin Kaczmarek (swimmer) (born 1977), Polish butterfly swimmer * Marcin Kalinowski (1605–1652), Polish nobleman * Marcin Kleczynski (born 1989), co-founder and CEO of Malwarebytes Inc. * Marcin Kromer (1512–1583), Polish historian and chronicler, royal secretary, bishop of Warmia * Marcin Lewandowski (born 1987), Polish 800m runner * Marcin Matkowski (born 1981), Polish tennis player * Marcin Mroziński (born 1981), Polish-English actor, singer and television presenter * Marcin Nowak (other), several people * Marcin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radosław Glonek
Radosław is a Slavic name meaning "someone who celebrates happiness". It may refer to: People * Radosław Sikorski (1963-), a Polish politician and journalist. Former Marshal of the Sejm (speaker) of the parliament of Poland. * Radosław Popławski (1983-), a Polish long-distance runner * Jan Mazurkiewicz, (1896-1988) codename ''Radosław'', was a colonel of Armia Krajowa and a general in the People's Army of Poland. Places * Radosław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland) * Radosław, Pomeranian Voivodeship (north Poland) * Radosław, West Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-west Poland) See also *Radoslav (other) * Slavic names *Polish name Polish names have two main elements: the given name, and the surname. The usage of personal names in Poland is generally governed by civil law, church law, personal taste and family custom. The law requires a given name to indicate the person ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Radoslaw Polish masculine given names Slavic masculine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
