Robert Korzeniowski

Medal record
Robert Korzeniowski
Men’s athletics
Competitor for Poland
Olympic Games
Gold	1996 Atlanta	50 km walk
Gold	2000 Sydney	20 km walk
Gold	2000 Sydney	50 km walk
Gold	2004 Athens	50 km walk
World Championships
Gold	1997 Athens	50 km walk
Gold	2001 Edmonton	50 km walk
Gold	2003 Paris	50 km walk
Bronze	1995 Göthenburg	50 km walk
European Championships
Gold	1998 Budapest	50 km walk
Gold	2002 Munich	50 km walk
Universiade
Gold	1991 Sheffield	20 km walk
Gold	1993 Buffalo	20 km walk

Robert Korzeniowski (born July 30, 1968 in Lubaczów) is a former Polish racewalker. He has won four gold medals at the Summer Olympics and three at world championships.

Korzeniowski is a three-peat winner of the 50 km walk at the Summer Olympics. He won 1996 in Atlanta, 2000 in Sydney, and 2004 in Athens. In addition, he became the first athlete to claim both the long distance and the short distance crown, when he won the 20 km title at the 2000 games. He won world championship titles in 1997, 2001, and 2003. He won two times a European Championship in Budapest 1998 and in Munich 2002. He is also the former world record holder in the 50 kilometers race.

He retired after the 2004 Games but is looking to become actively involved in various roles at the International Olympic Committee. He is also the coach and mentor of former world record-holder Francisco Javier Fernandez Since 2005 he worked for Polish Public Television as a chief of sport department and in 2007 he became a General Manager of TVP Sport, a new specialized channel in Poland. He created a new approach for sports in TV by eliminating live broadcast and focusing on history of sports and talk shows about sport.^{[citation needed]} On 6 November 2009 he announced his resignation.

After his retirement he took part in commercials.

For his sport achievements, he received the Order of Polonia Restituta:
Knight's Cross (5th Class) in 1996,
Officer's Cross (4th Class) in 2000,
Commander's Cross (3rd Class) in 2004.

See also

• Polish records in athletics
• 2002 Race Walking Year Ranking

External links

• Official website (Polish)
• IOC tribute

Awards
Preceded by Paweł Nastula	Polish Sportspersonality of the Year 1998	Succeeded by Tomasz Gollob
Preceded by Tomasz Gollob	Polish Sportspersonality of the Year 2000	Succeeded by Adam Małysz
Records
Preceded by Valeriy Spitsyn	Men's 50 km walk world record holder August 8, 2002 – December 2, 2006	Succeeded by Nathan Deakes