Wojciech Michał Knapik (born July 24, 1980 in

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) is a Polish sport shooter. Since 2001, Knapik had won a total of four medals at the

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circuit, including gold for the 10 m air pistol (

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). Knapik made his official debut at the

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, where he finished eleventh in the men's 10 m air pistol, with a score of 580 points, tying his position with four-time Olympian and two-time silver medalist Igor Basinski of Belarus. He also competed in the men's 50 m pistol event, where he was able to shoot a total of 536 targets, finishing only in thirty-ninth place. At the

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, Knapik competed for the second time in two pistol shooting events. He placed twenty-fourth out of forty-eight shooters in the men's 10 m air pistol, with a total score of 577 points. Three days later, Knapik competed for his second event, 50 m rifle pistol, where he was able to fire 10 shots each in six attempts, for a total score of 543 points, finishing again in thirty-ninth place.

Olympic results

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