Danuta Dmowska

Polish fencer and politician (born 1982)
Danuta Dmowska-Andrzejuk
Minister of Sport and Tourism
In office
27 November 2023 – 11 December 2023
Prime MinisterMateusz Morawiecki
Preceded byKamil Bortniczuk
In office
5 December 2019 – 6 October 2020
PresidentAndrzej Duda
Prime MinisterMateusz Morawiecki
Preceded byMateusz Morawiecki
Succeeded byPiotr Gliński
Personal details
Born (1982-03-01) 1 March 1982 (age 42)
Warsaw, Poland
Alma materJózef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw
ProfessionÉpée, Fencing
Danuta Dmowska
Medal record
Women's Fencing
Representing  Poland
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Leipzig Women's épée

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

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

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

Year Championship Result
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

Danuta Dmowska (2023)

On December 5, 2019, she was appointed the Minister of Sport by the President of Poland.[6] She was dismissed from office on October 6, 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

In 2007, she married a fencer Robert Andrzejuk.

References

  1. ^ Federation Internationale D'Escrime, "Fencer: Danuta Dmowska"
  2. ^ a b c Sport Polska, "Profile:Danuta Dmowska"
  3. ^ Federation Internationale D'Escrime, List of Results, Leipzig
  4. ^ Masters a l'epee, "Palmarès - Masters à l'épée Homme 2009 de Levallois". Archived from the original on 2009-11-07. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
  5. ^ a b Mat Fencing, "Mistrzowie Polski w Szpadzie, 1925-2006"
  6. ^ "Dmowska sports minister". 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
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Preceded by Minister of Sports and Tourism in Poland
2019 - 2020 		Succeeded by
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