Natalia Leśniak (born 10 July 1991 in Sucha Beskidzka,

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 populou ...

) is a

Polish 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, w ...

archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...

. Her family include parents, Zdzislaw Lesniak and Urszula Lesniak, and her siblings Adrian Lesniak (35) and Daniel Lesniak (27). Natalia's love for archery started at the age of 9. She competed in the individual event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She finished second in the

2016 World Indoor Archery Championships The 2016 World Indoor Target Archery Championships was the 13th edition of the World Indoor Archery Championships. The event was held in Ankara, Turkey, from 1 to 6 March 2016, and was organized by World Archery. Events Recurve Senior Junior ...

, and the 2015 European Field Archery Championships. In 2016, she was also part of the Polish team (with Karina Lipiarska and Wioleta Myszor) that won silver at the World Indoor Championship, having won bronze in

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in Nimes.

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