| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Michał Waldemar Pietrzak |
| Born | (1989-04-03) 3 April 1989 (age 35) Łęczyca, Poland |
| Education | Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Club | AZS-AWF Katowice |
| Coached by | Janusz Iskra |
| Medal record | |
Michał Pietrzak (Polish pronunciation: ; born 3 April 1989) is a retired Polish athlete who specialised in the 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles. He 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. His parents, Waldemar and Jolanta, are both physical education teachers. He attended the Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education in Katowice. 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 teammates had pushed British athlete Richard Buck.
Competing in the 4 × 400 m relay, Pietrzak placed fourth at the 2014 World Indoor Championships in Sopot 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.
He and his teammates qualified to the 4 × 400 metres relay final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, finishing in 7th place.
Competition record
References
- 2017 Universiade bio
- Rio 2016 bio Archived 2016-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Micha³ PIETRZAK - Statystyki PZLA - DOMTEL-SPORT". domtel-sport.pl.
- Michał Pietrzak at World Athletics
- ^ "Michał Pietrzak Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". April 18, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- "Michał Pietrzak: " AWF w Katowicach najlepszą sportową uczelnią w Polsce" | Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego". awf.katowice.pl. Archived from the original on 2012-08-15.
- "Joy turns to sadness after indoor athletics relay disqualification".
- "European Indoor Championships 2013: UK Athletics coach Peter Eriksson hails GB's eight-medal haul".
- "Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki". pzla.pl.
- http://www.olimpijski.pl/Media/files/Sklad_RIO_2016_v_zatwierdzona.pdf
External links
- Michał Pietrzak at World Athletics
- Michał Pietrzak at European Athletics
- Michał Pietrzak at the Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki (in Polish)
- Michał Pietrzak at Olympedia (archive)
- Michał Pietrzak at Olympics.com
- Michał Pietrzak at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (archive) (in Polish)
| European Athletics U23 Championships champions in men's 4 × 400 metres relay | |
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- People from Łęczyca
- Polish male sprinters
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Olympic athletes for Poland
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Athletes from Łódź Voivodeship
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Poland
- Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
- 21st-century Polish sportsmen