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Maciej Siejkowski (born 12 December 1967) is a Polish/German rower. He formerly held the world record for 2000 m on an indoor rower, which he first set in a time of 5:39.7 at the World Indoor Rowing Championship in 1997, and later reset with a time of 5:37.0 in Warsaw, Poland on 1 December 2001 in Warsaw, Poland. The current record of 5:36.6 was set by Rob Waddell in 2007.

Siejkowski is the last man to officially hold the record for 2500 m on an indoor rower with a time of 7:15.5, which he set at the 1989 World Indoor Rowing Championship. In 1996, the World Indoor Rowing Championship changing the official distance of record from 2500 m to 2000 m. This brought the event in line with the on the water distance of record. As a result, records for the 2500 m distance are no longer maintained.

He is now a member of "AZS Politechnika Wrocław" rowing club.

References

"Records Tumble at C.R.A.S.H.-B", The Independent Rowing News, 4 (2), 1997, ISSN 1548-694X
Rosenbladt, Oli (2002), "Enter the Hammer", The Independent Rowing News, 9 (1), ISSN 1548-694X

External links

Interview with Matthias Siejkowski

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-'''Maciej Siejkowski''' (born 12 December 1967) is a [[Poland|Polish]]/[[Germany|German]] [[rower]].  He formerly held the [[Rowing World Records|world record]] for 2,000 m on an [[indoor rower]] - 5:37.0 which he set on 1 December 2001 in Warsaw, Poland. In 1995 he reached 7.24,2 on an indoor competition.The new record, 5:36.6, was set by [[Rob Waddell]] in 2007.
+'''Maciej Siejkowski''' (born 12 December 1967) is a [[Poland|Polish]]/[[Germany|German]] [[rower]].  He formerly held the [[Rowing World Records|world record]] for 2000 m on an [[indoor rower]], which he first set in a time of 5:39.7 at the [[CRASH-B Sprints|World Indoor Rowing Championship]] in 1997, and later reset with a time of 5:37.0 in Warsaw, Poland on 1 December 2001 in Warsaw, Poland. The current record of 5:36.6 was set by [[Rob Waddell]] in 2007.
+Siejkowski is the last man to officially hold the record for 2500 m on an indoor rower with a time of 7:15.5, which he set at the 1989 World Indoor Rowing Championship.  In 1996, the World Indoor Rowing Championship changing the official distance of record from 2500 m to 2000 m.  This brought the event in line with the on the water distance of record.  As a result, records for the 2500 m distance are no longer maintained.
 He is now a member of "AZS Politechnika Wrocław" rowing club.