Małgorzata Wojtkowiak (born January 30, 1982, in Poznań) is a Polish foil fencer, team world champion in 2003 and 2007 and individual bronze medallist at the 2008 European Championships. She represented Poland at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.

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Małgorzata Wojtkowiak
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Born	(1982-01-30) 30 January 1982 (age 42) Poznań, Poland
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	Foil
Hand	right-handed
National coach	Paweł Kantorski
Club	AZS-AWF Poznań
Head coach	Paweł Kantorski
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record Foil Representing  Poland World Championships 2003 Havana Team 2007 St Petersburg Team 2002 Lisbon Team 2004 New York Team European Championships 2000 Madeira Team 2008 Kiev Individual

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Wojtkowiak took up fencing at the age of twelve after a “come and try” session at school.^[1] She quickly showed promise and joined the cadet national team. She earned a bronze medal at the 1998 and 1999 Cadet World Championships. She was part of the team that won the gold medal at the 1999 Junior World Championships in Keszthely. She took an individual bronze and a team gold at the following edition in South Bend, then claimed a double gold haul at the 2001 edition at home in Gdańsk.^[1]

Wojtkowiak joined the senior national team for the 2000 European Championships in Madeira, where she earned a team bronze medal. She took a silver with the team at the 2002 World Championships in Lisbon, then a gold at the 2003 edition in Havana. Poland repeated the feat at the 2007 edition

She qualified to the 2008 Summer Olympics as a member of a top-ranked team. In the individual event she was defeated 15–8 on her first bout by Zhang Lei of China.^[2] In the team event Poland lost in the first round to the United States and finished seventh after the classification matches.^[3]

She qualified to the 2012 Summer Olympics with Poland again. In the individual event she lost in the first round again to China's Chen Jinyan. In the team event Poland was overcome by France in the first round. They beat successively Great Britain and the United States to place fifth.^[4]