Michał Pietrzak
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| Born | 3 April 1989 Łęczyca, Poland | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Club | AZS-AWF Katowice[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Janusz Iskra | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Michał Pietrzak (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmixaw ˈpjɛtʂak]; born 3 April 1989) is a Polish athlete specialising in the 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles.[3] He has won two medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships.
Personal life
Pietrzak was born on 3 April 1989 in Łęczyca.[4] His parents, Waldemar and Jolanta, are both physical education teachers. He attended the Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education in Katowice.[5] In 2016, he completed his MA thesis in physical education.
Career
Pietrzak competed in the 4 × 400 m relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. At the 2013 Indoor European Championships in Gothenburg, his team lost the relay bronze medal due to disqualification; it was judged that one of his team mates had pushed British athlete Richard Buck.[6][7]
Competing in the 4 × 400 m relay, Pietrzak placed fourth at the 2014 World Indoor Championships in Sopot[8] and took the bronze medal at the 2014 European Championships in Zürich. They won silver at the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam. In 2016 Pietrzak ran the 400 m in 45.96.[9]
He and his teammates qualified to the 4 × 400 metres relay final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[10]
Competition record
References
- ^ Rio 2016 bio
- ^ PZLA profile
- ^ Michał Pietrzak at World Athletics
- ^ Sports Reference profile
- ^ http://awf.katowice.pl/aktualnosci/michal-pietrzak-awf-w-katowicach-najlepsza-sportowa-uczelnia-w-polsce
- ^ http://www.thenews.pl/1/5/Artykul/128902,Joy-turns-to-sadness-after-indoor-athletics-relay-disqualification
- ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/9906995/European-Indoor-Championships-2013-UK-Athletics-coach-Peter-Eriksson-hails-GBs-eight-medal-haul.html
- ^ http://www.domtel-sport.pl/statystykaLA/personal.php?page=profile&nr_zaw=5816&r=2
- ^ http://pzla.pl/zdjecia/zal_i/2016062426-bydgoszcz-mp_201606270659.pdf
- ^ http://www.olimpijski.pl/Media/files/Sklad_RIO_2016_v_zatwierdzona.pdf
- People from Łęczyca
- Polish male sprinters
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Olympic athletes of Poland
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Łódź Voivodeship
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Poland
- European Athletics Championships medalists