Marcin Krzysztof Koniusz (born 12 September 1983 in
Sosnowiec
Sosnowiec is an industrial city county in the Dąbrowa Basin of southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, which is also part of the Silesian Metropolis municipal association.—— Located in the eastern part of the Upper Silesian Industria ...
) is a Polish sabre fencer. He won a total of four medals, including a silver in the individual event, at the
European Fencing Championships
The European Fencing Championships is an annual top-level European fencing competition organized by the European Fencing Confederation.
History
The first competition bearing the name of "European Fencing Championships" was held in Paris in 1921. T ...
(2003 in
Bourges
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History
The name of the commune derives either from the Bituriges, t ...
,
France
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, 2004 in
Copenhagen, Denmark
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, and 2005 in
Zalaegerszeg
Zalaegerszeg (; hr, Jegersek; sl, Jageršek; german: Egersee) is the administrative center of Zala County, Zala county in western Hungary.
Location
Zalaegerszeg lies on the banks of the Zala River, close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders and ...
,
Hungary
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).
Koniusz represented
Poland
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, where he competed for the
men's individual sabre. He defeated Venezuela's
Carlos Bravo in the first preliminary round, before losing out his next match to German fencer
Nicolas Limbach
Nicolas Limbach (born 29 December 1985) is a German fencer, world champion in 2009 and team world champion in 2014. He won the Fencing World Cup in 2008–2009, 2009–2010 and 2011–2012.
Biography
Limbach was born in a family closely invol ...
, with a final score of 7–15.
References
External links
Profileat the European Fencing Confederation
Polish male fencers
Living people
Olympic fencers of Poland
Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
People from Sosnowiec
1983 births
Sportspeople from Silesian Voivodeship
20th-century Polish people
21st-century Polish people
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