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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 |
Show-Medals: | yes |
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]
Event | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | |
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50 metre pistol | 39th 536 | 39th 543 | — | |
10 metre air pistol | 11th 580 | 24th 577 | — |