Bartosz Piasecki (; born 9 December 1986) is a

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fencer.

Early life

Piasecki was born in

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in the

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, Poland but moved to Norway with his family when he was two years old. His father, Mariusz Piasecki is a fencing champion and coach who won 12 medals at the Polish Championships, and represented Poland at international competitions in the epee. Bartosz Piasecki holds a bachelor's degree in

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from the

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Career

He won the silver medal in the men's individual

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at the

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in London. Piasecki lives in Bestum in

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and competes for Bygdø Fekteklubb. A right-hand fencer, Piasecki is coached by his father, Mariusz Piasecki, and works as a math teacher at the elite sports program at Wang Secondary School in Oslo. Bartosz Piasecki earned a bronze medal during the U23 European Fencing Championship in

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in 2009. In June 2012 he ended with a 16th position at the 2012 World Championship in Italy. Piasecki's silver medal at the Olympics is Norway's best achievement in this discipline in history. The second best was an 11th place at the 1984 games by Nils Koppang.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Piasecki, Bartosz 1986 births Living people Polish emigrants to Norway People from Tczew Sportspeople from Oslo Norwegian male épée fencers Olympic fencers of Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in fencing Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Norwegian schoolteachers Mathematics educators Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in fencing European Games bronze medalists for Norway