Aleksandra Socha

Aleksandra Socha

Personal information
Born 30 March 1982
Pabianice, Poland
Weapon(s) sabre
Hand Right-handed
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb; 9.9 st)
Club GS Wojsk Lądowych
FIE Ranking current ranking

Aleksandra Socha Szelagowski (born March 30, 1982 in Pabianice) is a Polish sabre fencer, bronze medal in the 2003 World Fencing Championships, European champion in 2004 and European team in 2008.

Career

Socha was Polish champion in sabre for years 1999, 2002, 2003, 2008 and 2010. As a member of Polish Sabre Fencing Team she won medals at the European Championships in 2001 (bronze), 2006 (silver), and 2008 (gold). In Individual Sabre she won a gold medal at the 2004 European Fencing Championships and silver at 2011 European Fencing Championships, as well as a gold medals, team and individual, in 2010 Military Fencing Championship in Caracas, Venezuela and 2011 Military World Games in Rio de Janeiro.

She was a member of Polish Olympic Team for 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[1]

Personal life

Socha graduated from Middle School Nr 2 in Pabianice at age 15 and moved to Warsaw to attend Sport Championship High School and Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw (Polish: Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego Józefa Piłsudskiego w Warszawie) where she obtained master's degree in physical education. She married in Las Vegas in 2006. She is a certified fencing coach as well as a fitness trainer, as well as a soldier in the 3rd Command Support Battalion of the Polish Land Forces stationed in Warsaw.

References

  1. ↑ "Aleksandra Socha Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-06-05.

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