Tomasz Majewski
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| Men’s athletics | ||
Competitor for  Poland |
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 2008 Beijing | Shot put |
| World Championships | ||
| Silver | 2009 Berlin | Shot Put |
| European Championships | ||
| Silver | 2010 Barcelona | Shot put |
| World Indoor Championships | ||
| Bronze | 2008 Valencia | Shot put |
| European Indoor Championships | ||
| Gold | 2009 Torino | Shot put |
| Summer Universiade | ||
| Gold | 2005 Izmir | Shot Put |
| IAAF World Athletics Final | ||
| Gold | 2008 Stuttgart | Shot Put |
| Silver | 2009 Thessaloniki | Shot Put |
| Continental Cup | ||
| Silver | 2010 Split | Shot put |
Tomasz Majewski (born 30 August 1981 in Nasielsk) is a Polish Olympic gold medalist shot putter. He is 204 cm (6' 8½") tall and weighs 140 kg (300 lb).
He threw 21.51 meters during the Olympic final on 15 August 2008. This earned him the gold medal, Poland's first Olympic medal in shot put since 1972 when the late Władysław Komar took the gold.[1] Majewski is also the first Pole to win gold at the 2008 Olympics.
On 25 July 2009 in Barcelona he threw a personal best of 21.64 m and few days later in DN Galan in Stockholm, Sweden he improved upon this with a throw of 21.95 m, a new Polish record.[2]
At the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships he threw a personal best and Polish indoor record of 21.20 m. However, the level of competition was so high that this was only enough for fifth place behind a Canadian record-breaking Dylan Armstrong. It was the first time in championships history that five men had gone beyond the 21 m mark.[3]
In the outdoor season, Majewski competed at the 2010 European Athletics Championships and won the shot put silver medal. His 21-metre throw was beaten by a single centimetre as Andrei Mikhnevich took the title. He had shoulder surgery in the latter half of the year. Focusing on the 2011 season, he said that the strong form of his opponents was more of an inspiration than an obstacle: "Christian Cantwell and Reese Hoffa [both] went over 22 metres last year, the good performances of my rivals doesn’t make me angry or worried, instead it acts as the best sort of motivation to get up to their level".[4]
At the 2011 European Team Championships he was the silver medallist behind David Storl and while his young German rival went on to win at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, Majewski managed only ninth place with a best throw of 20.18 m. At the start of 2012 he broke his own Polish indoor record at the BW-Bank Meeting in Karlsruhe with a winning mark of 21.27 m.[5]
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[edit] National honours
For his sport achievements, he received:
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (5th Class) in 2008.[6]
Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (4th Class) in 2009.[7]
[edit] Personal bests
- Outdoor - 21.95 m (2009), national record
- Indoor - 21.27 m (2012), national record
His best attempt was in Sweden DN Galan (21.65 m, 21.95 m, 21.44 m, x, x, 21.83 m).
[edit] Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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| 2004 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 4th | 20.83 m |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 9th | 20.23 m |
| Universiade | İzmir, Turkey | 1st | 20.60 m | |
| 2006 | World Indoor Championships | Moscow, Russia | 7th | 20.07 m |
| European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 8th | 19.85 m | |
| World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 7th | 20.13 m | |
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 5th | 20.87 m |
| 2008 | World Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 3rd | 20.93m |
| Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 1st | 21.51 m | |
| World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 1st | 20.88 m | |
| 2009 | European Indoor Championships | Turin, Italy | 1st | 21.02 m |
| Indoor competition | Chemnitz, Germany | 1st | 21.10 m NR | |
| European Team Championships | Leiria, Portugal | 1st | 20.81 m | |
| DN Galan | Stockholm, Sweden | 1st | 21.95 m NR | |
| World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 2nd | 21.91 m | |
| World Athletics Final | Thessaloniki, Greece | 2nd | 21.21 m | |
| 2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 2nd | 21.00 m |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 9th | 20.18 m |
[edit] Notes
- ^ A Polish ‘pirate’ steals Shot Put booty in Beijing, IAAF, 15 August 2008
- ^ Nesi, Lorenzo (2009-07-30). Majewski launches 21.95m Shot Put national record and world lead in Stockholm – IAAF World Athletics Tour. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-31.
- ^ Landells, Steve (2010-03-13). EVENT REPORT - MEN's Shot Put Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-11-11.
- ^ Majewski ready to rumble after shoulder surgery. European Athletics (2010-11-11). Retrieved on 2010-11-11.
- ^ Gordon, Ed (2012-02-13). Three world leads as middle distances steal the spotlight in Karlsruhe. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-02-13.
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- ^ Prezydent.pl
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