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Full name | Zofia Teresa Noceti-Klepacka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Polish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Warsaw, Poland | 26 April 1986||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Sailing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Windsurfing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Legia Warsaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zofia Teresa Noceti-Klepacka (born 26 April 1986) is a Polish windsurfer.
Klepacka grew up in Warsaw, in one of the tenement houses on Marszałkowska Street.[ citation needed ]
She won the Windsurfing World Championships in 2007 and participated in three editions of the Olympic Games, winning the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [1] [2]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event |
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2003 | World Championships | Cadiz | 10th | Mistral |
2004 | World Championships | Izmir | 20th | Mistral |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens | 12th | Mistral |
2005 | World Championships | Melbourne | 5th | Formula Windsurfing |
2006 | World Championships | Torbole | 4th | RS:X |
2007 | World Championships | Cascais | ![]() | RS:X |
2008 | World Championships | Auckland | 12th | RS:X |
2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing | 7th | RS:X |
2010 | World Championships | Kerteminde | 5th | RS:X |
2011 | World Championships | Perth | ![]() | RS:X |
2012 | World Championships | Cadiz | ![]() | RS:X |
2012 | Olympic Games | London | ![]() | RS:X |
2014 | World Championships | Santander | 7th | RS:X |
2015 | World Championships | Al Mussanah | 4th | RS:X |
2016 | World Championships | Eilat | 4th | RS:X |
In 2009 she married the Argentine sailor Lucio Noceti, with whom she has a son.[ citation needed ] In 2012 the couple separated, in 2019 divorced. She has a daughter with Michał Pater.[ citation needed ]
In February 2019, she criticized the Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski and the "LGBT+ declaration" signed by him. [3] [4] She published on her social media "No on has the right to impose on our children something we parents don’t want!!!!". Klepacka's comments received hundreds of reactions, including many from fans in agreement with her stance. [5] She also applauded a right wing publication that equated LGBT people to Nazis. [6] [7] She is also a vociferous opponent of abortion. [8] [9] In 2019 she featured in a controversial music video on YouTube which was later taken down for inciting hatred. [10] [11]
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