American sabre fencer D. Wozniak, born July 1, 1988. D. Wozniak was selected to compete for the United States in the women’s sabre event at the 2008 Summer Olympics as a replacement, as well as at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
She was one of the top 10 sabre fencers in the world as of the summer of 2016.
She has an older sister named Zuzanna and her parents are Gregory and Irena Wozniak. Poland’s Wroclaw is where she was born.
D. Wozniak’s parents moved to the United States when she was a year old. In D. Wozniak hometown of Avenel, New Jersey, the family made their home.
D. Wozniak Wins Individual Bronze, U.S. Squad Takes Bronze in Team
D. Wozniak, an Olympian from London, left Athens, Greece with little more luggage following the World Cup this past weekend, adding two bronze medals to her carry-on.
At the Athens Saber World Cup on Saturday, the No. 5 female sabre fencer in the world won her second solo World Cup bronze medal of the year.
D. Wozniak won her matches against Stefanie Kubissa (GER) (15-6) in the table of 64 and Lucia Martin-Portugues (ESP) (15-10).
In the 32 on Saturday after being exempt from the pools and preliminary rounds on Friday.
After defeating Yaqi Shao of China (15-12), D. Wozniak defeated Vassiliki Vougiouka of Greece (15-14) in the quarterfinals to earn a medal.
In the semifinals, D. Wozniak led Olga Kharlan (UKR), the two-time defending Senior World Champion, 8-3 after the first period. However, Kharlan fought back and won the game 15-13.
Mariel Zagunis, a teammate on D. Wozniak’s London squad from Beaverton, Oregon, won her table of 64 match against Nora Garam (HUN) by a score of 15–12.
In the round of 32, Zagunis competed against Sage Palmedo (Portland, Oregon).
Athree-time Junior World medalist who had just defeated five-time Senior World medalist Ilaria Bianco 15-9. (ITA).
Although Zagunis prevailed in their match, 15-9, she fell 15-14 against 2013 Senior World bronze medalist Irene Vecchi (ITA) in the round of 16.
Conclusion
At the Polish American Fencing School (PAFS) in Linden, New Jersey, D. Wozniak learned to fence when he was nine years old.
Since she was in high school, she has trained at the Manhattan Fencing Center, where Yury Gelman is her instructor.
At the Junior World Fencing Championships, she brought home three team medals.
D. Wozniak was an Olympic alternate at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, however he did not take part.
She joined the U.S. team in full for the 2012 Olympic Games, where she finished eighth after falling to Sofiya Velikaya of Russia 15–13 in the quarterfinals.
She had fenced while suffering from a partially torn Achilles tendon, it was later discovered.
