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SOZANSKA Monika |
NOC |
Germany
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Gender | Women |
Born |
13 Mar 1983
in Boleslawiec, POL
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Height | 1.63 m |
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Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Munich, GER |
Occupation |
Athlete, Model |
Languages |
English, German |
Higher education |
Business Management, Media Studies - University of Cooperative Education: Stuttgart, GER |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She began fencing in 1994. |
Why this sport? |
Her father was a fencing coach and he encouraged her to take lessons in the sport so she could meet new people after moving from Poland to Germany. |
Club / Team |
Fechtclub Offenbach: Germany |
Name of coach |
Miklos Bodoczi [club]; Manfred Kaspar [national] |
Training Regime |
She trains in blocks of three days in Heidenheim, Offenbach or Munich in Germany before having a day off. She also does yoga, jogging and gym work. |
Handedness |
Right |
General Interest |
Nicknames |
Moni (fechten.org, 02 Mar 2013) |
Hobbies |
Art, fashion, travel. (Facebook page, 09 Jul 2017) |
Famous relatives |
Her father Piotr Sozanski was head coach of the German women's epee team from 2008 to 2016. He has also represented Poland in fencing. (op-online.de, 11 Feb 2017; swp.de, 06 Jan 2016; poznan.pl, 30 Jun 2002) |
Ambitions |
To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (op-online.de, 11 Feb 2017) |
Other information |
FROM POLAND TO GERMANY Born in Poland, her family moved to Germany in 1994. (deutsche-olympiamannschaft.de, 18 Jun 2017) |
Olympic Games |
2012 |
Final 5-6 |
Team Epee |
London, England |
World Championships |
2017 |
Final 5-6 |
Team Epee |
Leipzig, Germany |
2011 |
4 |
Team Epee |
Catania, Italy |
2011 |
7 |
Individual Epee |
Catania, Italy |
2010 |
2 |
Team Epee |
Paris, France |
2009 |
3 |
Team Epee |
Antalya, Turkey |
2008 |
3 |
Team Epee |
Beijing, China |
2005 |
3 |
Team Epee |
Leipzig, Germany |
European Championships |
2018 |
7 |
Team Epee |
Novi Sad, Serbia |
2017 |
Final 5-6 |
Team Epee |
Tbilisi, Georgia |
2016 |
5 |
Individual Epee |
Torun, Poland |
2013 |
8 |
Team Epee |
Zagreb, Croatia |
2012 |
3 |
Individual Epee |
Legnano, Italy |
2008 |
2 |
Team Epee |
Kiev, Ukraine |
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