Wojciech Knapik, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Wojciech Knapik

Olympic pistol shooter

Date of Birth: 24-Jul-1980

Place of Birth: Opole, Opole Voivodeship, Poland

Profession: athlete

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Wojciech Knapik

  • Wojciech Michal Knapik (born July 24, 1980 in Opole) is a Polish sport shooter.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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