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==422nd [[Quidditch World Cup]]== |
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- Hermione: "They only like him because he's famous! They wouldn't look twice at him if he couldn't do that Wonky-Faint thing - "
- Harry: "Wronski Feint."
- — Hermione Granger and Harry Potter discussing Viktor Krum[src]
The Wronski Feint is a tactic in Quidditch where a Seeker pretends to spot the Golden Snitch far below and races to catch it, hoping the opposing seeker will copy. At the last minute before reaching the ground, the feinting seeker pulls out of a dive, usually causing the opposing seeker to crash. The Wronski Feint was invented by Polish Seeker Josef Wronski and frequently used by famed Bulgarian Seeker Viktor Krum.
Hermione Granger once mistakenly referred to this tactic as the 'Wonky Faint'.
422nd Quidditch World Cup
On 22 August, 1994, Viktor Krum used the Wronski Feint in the final of the Quidditch World Cup against Ireland. Krum successfully used the ploy to to trick Ireland's Seeker, Aidan Lynch, into diving into the ground, allowing Krum a few moments to look for the Snitch without interference.