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Born | Szczecin, Poland | 3 June 1989|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class(es) | 470, Laser 4.7, 5O5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SEJK Pogoń Szczecin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Irmina Mrózek Gliszczynska | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Zdzisław Staniul | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Agnieszka Skrzypulec (born 3 June 1989 in Szczecin) is a Polish sports sailor. [3]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 470 class. [4] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed with Jolanta Ogar. [4] They were the first pair to represent Poland in the women's 470 class. [5] [6] At the 2016 Olympics she competed with Irmina Gliszczynska. [4] Skrzypulec and Gliszczynska won the 2017 Women's 470 World Championship. [5] It was their first World Championship medal, and also Poland's first World 470 Championships gold. [5] Previously they had finished 7th at the 2016 European Championships and 6th at the 2015 470 World Championship and 5th at the 2016 470 World Championship. [7] [8] [9] Skrzypulec competed at the 2013 European Championships with Natalia Wojcik. [10]
For the 2017 European Championships, Skrzypulec teamed up with Ogar again, winning bronze. [11] Ogar had originally competed for Poland, switched to Austrian nationality and then returned to Polish colours. [8]
For the 2017 505 Open Polish Championships, Skrzypulec teamed up with Holger Jess winning gold. [2]
Skrzypulec is coached by Zdzisław Staniul. [12]
Skrzypulec began sailing at 8 and racing at 10. [12] She was encouraged to take up sailing by her parents who first met on a yacht. [12]