Michał Majewski
Polish fencer
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Michał Majewski (born 23 February 1987) is a Polish foil fencer, team bronze medallist in the 2008 World Fencing Championships and three-time team silver medallist at the European Fencing Championships.
Majewski at the 2013 World Fencing Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 23 February 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | Foil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | AZS AWF Warsaw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | current ranking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Majewski was born in a sport-loving family: his mother was a gymnast and his father a fencer.[1] He himself took up fencing under the direction of his uncle and godfather Piotr Majewski. He earned a bronze medal in the 2006 Junior European Championships in Poznań. In seniors, he climbed his first World Cup podium with a bronze medal in the 2006 Vancouver Grand Prix. He joined the national team that same year and won with them a silver medal in the 2006 European Championships. On his way back at the airport he was involved in a scuffle with a Turkish official and spent two months in prison.[2]
In the 2007–08 season Majewski reached the final of the Montreal Grand Prix, where he was defeated by France's Erwann Le Péchoux.[3] He took part in the 2008 World Championships held for events not included in the 2008 Summer Olympics programme. With Sławomir Mocek, Radosław Glonek and Marcin Zawada, Majewski reached the semi-finals, where Poland stumbled against Italy. They prevailed in the small final to earn a bronze medal.[4] At the European Championships in Kyiv, he was stopped in the quarter-finals by Andriy Pogrebnyak of Ukraine and placed 5th.[5] In the team event, Poland reached the final where they won gold medal.[4] Majewski finished the season No.19 in World rankings, a personal best as of 2014.
In the 2008–09 season he reached the semi-finals in the Espinho Grand Prix in 2009, but was disqualified and served a two-year suspension after testing positive for cocaine.[2] After his return he reached the semi-finals at the 2012 European Championships in Legnano, but fell against Benjamin Kleibrink and took a bronze medal, his best personal achievement as of 2014.[6] In the 2012–13 season Poland reached again the final of the European Championships in Zabreb, but could not overcome Germany and came away with a silver medal.[7]
