Leszek Rajski
Rajski at the 2014 Paris World Cup
Personal information
Born (1983-11-25) 25 November 1983
Tarnów
NationalityPolish
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Sport
SportFencing
WeaponFoil
Handright-handed
ClubKSz Wrocławianie
Head coachKrzysztof Głowacki
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Men's foil
Representing  Poland
Silver medal – second place2013 ZagrebTeam
Bronze medal – third place2018 Novi SadTeam
Bronze medal – third place2022 AntalyaTeam

Leszek Rajski (born 25 November 1983) is a Polish foil fencer, team silver medallist in the 2013 European Fencing Championships.

Rajski joined the Poland senior foil team in 2010. That same year he won the Poland national championship.[1] With Michał Majewski, Paweł Kawiecki, and Radosław Glonek, he reached the final of the 2013 European Fencing Championships in Zagreb, but Poland could not overcome Germany and came away with a silver medal.[2] Rajski's best individual result is a place in the table of 16 at the 2014 World Championships in Kazan, where he lost to reigning European champion James-Andrew Davis.

He trains at the Wrocław Wrocławianie club. He is the individual Polish champion from 2010, 2014, 2017, 2019 and 2020 and the team champion of Poland from 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2019. In addition, in 2008, 2011 and 2018 he won the bronze medal of the Polish championship in individual tournament, and in 2008 and 2020 a bronze medal at the Polish championship in the team tournament. His greatest success in the international arena is the European vice-championship in the team tournament in 2013 (in the individual tournament he was 18). He also competed at the world championships in 2010 (10 place in Team and 65 place individually), 2011 (4 place in Team and 32 place individually), 2013 (11 place in Team and 23 place in Individual) and 2014 (10 place in Team and 32 place individually) and the European Championships in 2010 (4 place in teams, 6 place individually), 2011 (13 place individually), 2012 (5 place in teams and 46 individually) and 2014 (4 place individually). in teams and 37 place individually).

References

  1. Polska Agencja Prasowa (23 September 2010). "MP w szermierce: Chlewińska i Rajski najlepsi we florecie" (in Polish).
  2. "ME w szermierce: Srebrny medal drużyny florecistów" (in Polish). Polska Agencja Prasowa. 20 June 2013. Archived from the original on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  • Profile at the European Fencing Confederation
  • Profile at the Polish Fencing Federation


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