Piotr Małachowski
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 Piotr Małachowski |
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| Men's Athletics | ||
Competitor for  Poland |
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 2008 Beijing | Discus |
| World Championships | ||
| Silver | 2009 Berlin | Discus |
| European Championships | ||
| Gold | 2010 Barcelona | Discus |
| European U23 Championships | ||
| Silver | 2005 Erfurt | Discus |
| IAAF World Athletics Final | ||
| Silver | 2008 Stuttgart | Discus |
| Bronze | 2009 Thessaloniki | Discus |
| Bronze | 2007 Stuttgart | Discus |
Piotr Małachowski (born June 7, 1983 in Żuromin) is a Polish discus thrower, silver medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics. His personal best throw is 69,83 metres (229 ft), achieved on 10 July 2010 at British Grand Prix. Piotr's throwing distances are seen as even more remarkable as he is not as tall as most discus thrower's (Malachowski is one inch shorter than current Beijing Olympic champion Gerd Kanter and three inches shorter than current world champion Robert Harting and discus great Virgillius Alekna. The typical height of a discus thrower is between 1.95m and 2.00m (6ft 4inch and 6ft 7inch). Despite his height disadvantage, Malachowski makes up for it with his incredible ring speed. Malachowski is seen as one of the quickest discus throwers in the ring of all time, closely followed by Robert Fazekas.
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[edit] 2008
On August 19, 2008 he won an Olympic silver medal in discus throw.
[edit] 2009 season
23 May in Halle throw 68.75 m a new PB and NR.
On 14 July was second in IAAF Golden League Berlin, Germany with a throw 67.70 m. He was beaten by Gerd Kanter 67.88 m.
With injury-finger he takes silver medal with fantastic national record 69.15 m at World Championships in Berlin.
[edit] 2010 season
He took victory in Golden Gala, IAAF Diamond League 68.78 m. Gerd Kanter was second with 67.69 m and another win in British Grand Prix with national record 69.83 m.
[edit] Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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| Representing Poland |
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| 2002 | World Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 6th | 60.46 m |
| 2005 | European U23 Championships | Erfurt, Germany | 2nd | 63.99 m |
| 2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 6th | 64.57 m |
| World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 6th | 62.50 m | |
| 2006 Spar European Cup | Malaga, Spain | 1st | 66.21 m | |
| 2007 | 2007 Spar European Cup | Munich, Germany | 1st | 66.09 m |
| World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 3rd | 65.35 m | |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 2nd | 67.82 m |
| World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 2nd | 66.07 m | |
| 2009 | 1st SPAR European Team Championships | Leiria, Portugal | 1st | 66.24 m |
| World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 2nd | 69.15 m | |
| World Athletics Final | Thessaloniki, Greece | 3rd | 65.60 m | |
| 2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 1st | 68.87 m  |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 9th | 63.37 m |
For his sport achievements, he received:
Golden Cross of Merit in 2008.
Golden Medal for Merit for Country Defence in 2009.
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (5th Class) in 2009.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- MALACHOWSKI rzutyiskoki.pl
- IAAF profile for Piotr Malachowski
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