Zofia Teresa Noceti-Klepacka (born 26 April 1986) is a Polish

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and a political far-right

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. She won the

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in 2007 and participated in three editions of the

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, winning the bronze medal at the

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Achievements

Personal life

She grew up in Warsaw, in one of the tenement houses on Marszałkowska Street. Since childhood, she has been a supporter of

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, where her father took her to the stadium. In 2009 she married the

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sailor Lucio Noceti, with whom she has a son Marian (born 2009). In 2012 the couple separated, in 2019 divorced. She has a daughter, Maria (born 2013) with Michał Pater.

Controversies

In February 2019, she criticized the Mayor of Warsaw

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and the "LGBT+ declaration" signed by him. She published on her social media "No on has the right to impose on our children something we parents don’t want!!!!". Klepacka's comments received hundreds of reactions, including many from fans in agreement with her stance. She also applauded a right wing publication that equated LGBT people to Nazis. She is also a vociferous opponent of abortion. In 2019 she featured in a

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propaganda video on

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which was later taken down for inciting hatred. Klip „Grzechy Sodmoskie” z Zofią Klepacką klip usunięty z YouTube’a z powodu szerzenia nienawiści, Wirtualnemedia.pl ostęp 2020-07-09(pol.)

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* * * * 1986 births Living people Polish windsurfers Female windsurfers Polish female sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of Poland Olympic bronze medalists for Poland Olympic medalists in sailing Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – RS:X Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – RS:X Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – RS:X Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics RS:X class world champions Polish Roman Catholics Sportspeople from Warsaw {{Poland-yachtracing-bio-stub