Wojciech Knapik Explained

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Wojciech Knapik
Fullname:Wojciech Michał Knapik
Birth Date:24 July 1980
Birth Place:Opole, Poland
Weight:770NaN0
Sport:Shooting
Event:10 m air pistol (AP60)
50 m pistol (FP)
Club:Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Coach:Iwanov Radomir
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Wojciech Michał Knapik (born July 24, 1980 in Opole) is a Polish sport shooter.[1] Since 2001, Knapik had won a total of four medals at the ISSF World Cup circuit, including gold for the 10 m air pistol (2003 in Changwon, South Korea).

Knapik made his official debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he finished eleventh in the men's 10 m air pistol, with a score of 580 points, tying his position with four-time Olympian and two-time silver medalist Igor Basinski of Belarus. He also competed in the men's 50 m pistol event, where he was able to shoot a total of 536 targets, finishing only in thirty-ninth place.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Knapik competed for the second time in two pistol shooting events. He placed twenty-fourth out of forty-eight shooters in the men's 10 m air pistol, with a total score of 577 points.[2] Three days later, Knapik competed for his second event, 50 m rifle pistol, where he was able to fire 10 shots each in six attempts, for a total score of 543 points, finishing again in thirty-ninth place.[3]

Olympic results

Event200420082012
50 metre pistol39th
536
39th
543
10 metre air pistol11th
580
24th
577

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Notes and References

  1. Wojciech Knapik. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115110/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kn/wojciech-knapik-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 27 December 2012.
  2. Web site: Men's 10m Air Pistol Qualification . . 27 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120816053200/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM203901/index.html . 16 August 2012 .
  3. Web site: Men's 50m Pistol Qualification . . 27 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120816054005/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM201901/index.html . 16 August 2012 .