Piotr Małachowski
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Polish |
Born | Żuromin, Poland | 7 June 1983
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 130 kg (290 lb) (2012) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Discus throw |
Club | Śląsk Wrocław |
Coached by | Witold Suski |
Medal record |
Piotr Małachowski (born 7 June 1983) is a Polish discus thrower, silver medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics. His personal best throw is 71.84 metres, ranks him fifth in all-time longest discus throw distances, achieved on 8 June 2013 at Hengelo, the Netherlands.
Career
Piotr's throwing distances are seen as even more remarkable as he is not as tall as most discus throwers (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 1.95 and 2.00 m (6 ft 5 in and 6 ft 7 in). 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 Róbert Fazekas.[citation needed]
On 19 August 2008, he won an Olympic silver medal in discus throw. On 23 May 2009, in Halle throw 68.75 m a new PB and NR. On 14 July 2009, he was second in IAAF Golden League Berlin, Germany with a throw 67.70 m. He was beaten by Gerd Kanter 67.88 m.
With an injured finger he took a silver medal with a fantastic national record 69.15 m at 2009 World Championships in Berlin.
In 2010, 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.
Achievements
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.
See also
External links
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Polish discus throwers
- Olympic athletes of Poland
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Poland
- People from Żuromin
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- World Championships in Athletics medalists
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Masovian Voivodeship
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Poland