Sylwia Katarzyna Bogacka (born October 3, 1981) is a Polish sports shooter. Bogacka was born in Jelenia Góra,

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. Bogacka studied sociology at the

University of Zielona Góra The University of Zielona Góra was founded on 1 September 2001 as a result of a merger between Zielona Góra's Pedagogical University, which was founded in 1971 and Technical University, which was founded in 1965. It is one of the newer univ ...

. She first competed at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. Four years later, she reached the final of the 10 meter air rifle in

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, placing eighth. She placed first in the qualifying of women's 10 meter air rifle at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, before winning the silver medal in the final. Bogacka then finished fourth in the Women's 50 meter rifle three positions with a score of 681.9.

Olympic results

Personal life

She works as a soldier. Her rank is Corporal./ The article about Bogacka's promotion on wp.mil.pl
Kpr S-Bogacka kpr D-Janikowski

References

External links

issf-sports.org
1981 births Living people People from Jelenia Góra Sportspeople from Lower Silesian Voivodeship Polish female sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Olympic shooters of Poland Olympic silver medalists for Poland Olympic medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics University of Zielona Góra alumni 21st-century Polish women {{Poland-sportshooting-bio-stub