Dagmara Wozniak
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 Wozniak at the 2013 World Fencing Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Daga[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 1, 1988 Wrocław, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 13 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | Saber | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Manhattan Fencing Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Yury Gelman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | Current ranking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic ranking | External Link | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dagmara "Daga" Wozniak (Polish: Woźniak; born July 1, 1988) is an American saber fencer.[1] Wozniak was named to the U.S. Olympic team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in women's saber competition as a substitute, and as a competitor at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.[2][3][4] As of the summer of 2016, she was ranked as one of the top 10 saber fencers in the world.[5]
Early life and education
[edit]Her parents are Gregory and Irena Wozniak and she has an older sister, Zuzanna.[4] She was born in Wrocław, Poland. When Wozniak was one year old, she immigrated to the United States with her parents. The family settled in Avenel, New Jersey, Wozniak's hometown.[4][5][6]
Wozniak graduated from Colonia High School in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey in 2006.[6] She was the New Jersey high school sabre champion in 2005.[7] She went on to attend St. John's University, where she majored in Biology.[8]
Fencing career
[edit]Wozniak began fencing at age 9 at the Polish American Fencing School (PAFS) in Linden, New Jersey.[9][5][6] She has trained at the Manhattan Fencing Center since high school, and her coach is Yury Gelman.[4][6] She won three team medals at the Junior World Fencing Championships.[5]
Wozniak was an Olympic alternate in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing but did not compete. She became a full member of the U.S. team at the 2012 Olympic Games and placed eighth, losing to Sofiya Velikaya of Russia in the quarterfinals by the score of 15–13.[3][5][6] It was later revealed that she had fenced with a partially torn Achilles tendon.[6]
After winning bronze medals in the team competition at the 2011 World Fencing Championships, and the 2012 and 2013 Senior World Championships, Wozniak won a gold medal with Team USA in 2014.[5]
As of the summer of 2016, she was ranked among the top 10 saber fencers in the world.[5] She represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[4] The team won a bronze medal.
She has qualified to represent the United States in fencing at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo in 2021.
References
[edit]- ^ a b D'Aless, Dave; Board, ro | Star-Ledger Editorial (August 2, 2012). "London Olympics: Dagmara Wozniak's stab just misses mark". nj.
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- ^ a b Orr, Conor (July 25, 2012). "Olympics 2012: Fencer Dagmara Wozniak, an Avenel native, flourished with work ethic learned from immigrant parents". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e Dagmara Wozniak
- ^ a b c d e f g "home". USA Fencing.
- ^ a b c d e f "Dagmara Wozniak Rides Passion for Fencing to the Olympic Games". Woodbridge, NJ Patch. August 22, 2012.
- ^ NJSIAA History of Girls Fencing Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 1, 2020.
- ^ Chang, Kathy. "Young fencer enjoys living on the edge: Woodbridge resident hoping for a spot on 2008 Olympic team", Woodbridge Sentinel, August 16, 2006. Accessed July 8, 2008. "Wozniak graduated from Colonia High School in June. She heads to St. John's University in Queens, N.Y., this fall on a full athletic scholarship."
- ^ Tufaro, Greg. "Fencing for gold: Colonia's Wozniak will represent U.S. in saber competition in Beijing Olympics", Asbury Park Press, July 24, 2008. Accessed July 26, 2008.
External links
[edit]- Wozniak on Twitter
- Wozniak on Facebook
- Orr, Conor (July 25, 2012). "Olympics 2012: Fencer Dagmara Wozniak, an Avenel native, flourished with work ethic learned from immigrant parents". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
- "'Pretty Powerful': The Olympic Fencer Dagmara Wozniak's Fierce Beauty", Allure, July 28, 2016 (video)
- 1988 births
- Living people
- American female sabre fencers
- Colonia High School alumni
- Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Polish emigrants to the United States
- People from Woodbridge Township, New Jersey
- St. John's University (New York City) alumni
- American people of Polish descent
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in fencing
- Sportspeople from Middlesex County, New Jersey
- Sportspeople from Wrocław
- St. John's Red Storm fencers
- Fencers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Fencers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in fencing
- Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century American sportswomen