Michał Pietrzak (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmixaw ˈpjɛtʂak]; born 3 April 1989) is a retired Polish athlete who specialised in the 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles.[4] He won two medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Michał Waldemar Pietrzak |
| Born | 3 April 1989 Łęczyca, Poland |
| Education | Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education[1] |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] |
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Club | AZS-AWF Katowice[3] |
| Coached by | Janusz Iskra |
Medal record | |
Personal life edit
Pietrzak was born on 3 April 1989 in Łęczyca.[5] His parents, Waldemar and Jolanta, are both physical education teachers. He attended the Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education in Katowice.[6] In 2016, he completed his MA thesis in physical education.
Career edit
Pietrzak competed in the 4 × 400 m relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. At the 2013 Indoor European Championships in Gothenburg, his team lost the relay bronze medal due to disqualification; it was judged that one of his teammates had pushed British athlete Richard Buck.[7][8]
Competing in the 4 × 400 m relay, Pietrzak placed fourth at the 2014 World Indoor Championships in Sopot[3] and took the bronze medal at the 2014 European Championships in Zürich. They won silver at the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam. In 2016 Pietrzak ran the 400 m in 45.96.[9]
He and his teammates qualified to the 4 × 400 metres relay final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, finishing in 7th place.[10][5]
Competition record edit
References edit
- ^ 2017 Universiade bio
- ^ Rio 2016 bio Archived 2016-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Micha³ PIETRZAK - Statystyki PZLA - DOMTEL-SPORT". domtel-sport.pl.
- ^ Michał Pietrzak at World Athletics
- ^ a b "Michał Pietrzak Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". April 18, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ "Michał Pietrzak: " AWF w Katowicach najlepszą sportową uczelnią w Polsce" | Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego". awf.katowice.pl. Archived from the original on 2012-08-15.
- ^ "Joy turns to sadness after indoor athletics relay disqualification".
- ^ "European Indoor Championships 2013: UK Athletics coach Peter Eriksson hails GB's eight-medal haul".
- ^ "Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki". pzla.pl.
- ^ http://www.olimpijski.pl/Media/files/Sklad_RIO_2016_v_zatwierdzona.pdf [bare URL PDF]
External links edit
- Michał Pietrzak at World Athletics
- Michał Pietrzak at European Athletics
- Michał Pietrzak at the Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki (in Polish)
- Michał Pietrzak at Olympedia
- Michał Pietrzak at Olympics.com
- Michał Pietrzak at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (archive) (in Polish)