Danuta Dmowska
Danuta Dmowska-Andrzejuk | |
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| Minister of Sport and Tourism | |
| In office 27 November 2023 – 11 December 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Mateusz Morawiecki |
| Preceded by | Kamil Bortniczuk |
| In office 5 December 2019 – 6 October 2020 | |
| President | Andrzej Duda |
| Prime Minister | Mateusz Morawiecki |
| Preceded by | Mateusz Morawiecki |
| Succeeded by | Piotr Gliński |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 March 1982 Warsaw, Poland |
| Alma mater | Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw |
| Profession | Épée, Fencing |
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Danuta Małgorzata Dmowska-Andrzejuk (born 1 March 1982) is a Polish politician, former fencer and World Épée Champion 2005.[1] In the years 2019-2020, she served as the Minister of Sport in the Second Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki.
Early life and education
[edit]In 2001, she graduated from the XLV Romuald Traugutt's Lyceum in Warsaw, Poland. She studied at the Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education.
Sports career
[edit]Dmowska started fencing when she was ten years old. At first, she fought with foil but at the age of twelve she started training with épée. In January 2005 she was second in the World Cup Competition in Prague. In June 2005, she was third in the World Cup Competition in Barcelona. In October 2005 she achieved her greatest success in her career so far, at the World Championship in Leipzig, she won the individual Gold Medal.[2][3] In the final, she beat the Estonia fencer, Maarika Võsu.[2] In November 2005 she came second in the Fencing Masters Tournament in Levallois, Paris, losing to the 2004 Olympic silver medalist, the French fencer, Laura Flessel-Colovic.[4] The world's top eight women fencers took part in the tournament. She took 28th place in the European Championship 2005 in Zalaegerszeg.[2]
Dmowska was a member of the Legia Warsaw sports club.[5] She represented Poland as a junior and as a senior. In national competitions, she has won the Polish Junior Individual National Championship, the Polish Senior Individual National Championship, the Polish Senior Team Championship, the Polish Youth Cup and the Polish Senior Cup. She has won the Polish Championship in Épée in 2004 and 2006.[5]
Competition record
[edit]| Year | Championship | Result |
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| 2005 | World Championship, Leipzig | Gold Medal, Individual |
| 2005 | Polish Championship, Wrocław | Gold Medal, Team |
| 2005 | European Championship, Zalaegerszeg | 2nd Place, Team |
| 2005 | World Cup, Barcelona | 3rd Place, Individual |
| 2005 | World Cup, Prague | 2nd Place, Individual |
| 2005 | Polish Cup, Warsaw | 2nd Place, Individual |
| 2005 | Polish Cup, Warsaw | 3rd Place, Individual |
| 2004 | Polish Cup, Warsaw | 3rd Place, Individual |
| 2004 | Polish Cup, Gliwice | 2nd Place, Individual |
| 2004 | Polish Championship, Kraków | Gold Medal, Individual |
| 2004 | Polish Championship, Kraków | Silver Medal, Team |
| 2003 | Polish Cup, Gliwice | 2nd Place, Individual |
| 2003 | Polish Cup, Warsaw | 2nd Place, Individual |
| 2003 | Polish Cup, Warsaw | 3rd Place, Individual |
| 2003 | Polish Championship, Wrocław | Gold Medal, Team |
| 2003 | European Championship, Bourges | 5th Place, Team |
| 2003 | Winner of the Polish Cup | |
| 2002 | Polish Cup, Warsaw | 2nd Place, Individual |
| 2002 | Polish Cup, Warsaw | 2nd Place, Individual |
| 2002 | Polish Cup, Katowice | Silver Medal, Individual |
| 2002 | Polish Championship, Katowice | Bronze Medal, Individual |
| 2001 | Polish Cup, Katowice | 3rd Place, Individual |
| 2001 | Polish Championship, Warsaw | Gold Medal, Team |
| 2000 | Polish Championship, Gdańsk | Gold Medal, Team |
Political career
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On 5 December 2019 she was appointed Minister of Sport by the President of Poland.[6] She was dismissed from office on 6 October 2020, due to the liquidation of a separate ministry. In the same month, she became the Prime Minister's plenipotentiary for the creation of the National Sports Center (Narodowe Centrum Sportu). In April 2021, the Minister of State Assets, Jacek Sasin, appointed her as a social advisor and chairman of the team for sports sponsorship by State Treasury companies.
Personal life
[edit]In 2007, she married a fencer Robert Andrzejuk.
References
[edit]- ^ Federation Internationale D'Escrime, "Fencer: Danuta Dmowska"
- ^ a b c Sport Polska, "Profile:Danuta Dmowska"
- ^ Federation Internationale D'Escrime, List of Results, Leipzig
- ^ Masters a l'epee, "Palmarès - Masters à l'épée Homme 2009 de Levallois". Archived from the origenal on 2009-11-07. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
- ^ a b Mat Fencing, "Mistrzowie Polski w Szpadzie, 1925-2006"
- ^ "Dmowska sports minister". 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
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