Bartosz Piasecki (; born 9 December 1986) is a Norwegian fencer.

Early life

Piasecki was born in Tczew in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland but moved to Norway with his family when he was two years old. His father, Mariusz Piasecki is a fencing champion and coach who won 12 medals at the Polish Championships, and represented Poland at international competitions in the epee. Bartosz Piasecki holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Oslo

Bartosz Piasecki

Career

He won the silver medal in the men's individual épée at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Piasecki lives in Bestum in Oslo and competes for Bygdø Fekteklubb. A right-hand fencer, Piasecki is coached by his father, Mariusz Piasecki, and works as a math teacher at the elite sports program at Wang Secondary School in Oslo.

Bartosz Piasecki

Bartosz Piasecki earned a bronze medal during the U23 European Fencing Championship in Debrecen in 2009. In June 2012 he ended with a 16th position at the 2012 World Championship in Italy.

Bartosz Piasecki

Piasecki's silver medal at the Olympics is Norway's best achievement in this discipline in history. The second best was an 11th place at the 1984 games by Nils Koppang.

References

1986 births

Living people

Polish emigrants to Norway

People from Tczew

Sportspeople from Oslo

Norwegian male épée fencers

Olympic fencers for Norway

Olympic silver medalists for Norway

Olympic medalists in fencing

Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Norwegian schoolteachers

Mathematics educators

Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Fencers at the 2015 European Games

European Games medalists in fencing

European Games bronze medalists for Norway