Henryk_Szost

Henryk Szost

Henryk Szost

Polish long-distance runner

Henryk Szost (born 20 January 1982 in Krynica Zdrój) is a Polish long-distance runner who competes in the marathon.

Quick Facts Personal information, Full name ...

He twice competed in the marathon at the Olympics. He finished 34th in 2008 at the Beijing Games[3] and 9th in 2012 at the London Games.[1]

He competed at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, but dropped out of the race. His personal best time of 2:07:39 hours set in 2012 is the Polish record for the event.[4]

In 2012 he was runner-up at the Lake Biwa Marathon and came third at the Fukuoka Marathon.[5]

Achievements

More information Year, Competition ...

References

  1. [1]
    "Henryk Szost". olympedia.org. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Powrót Szosta do Lake Biwa" (in Polish). PZLA. 17 February 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Henryk Szost". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 13 December 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  4. [4]
    Nakamura, Ken (4 March 2012). With fast debut, Ndungu takes Lake Biwa title. IAAF. Retrieved on 14 February 2013.
  5. [5]
    Nakamura, Ken (2 December 2012). 2:06:58 win for Gitau in Fukuoka. IAAF. Retrieved on 14 February 2013.


Flag of PolandBiography icon

This biographical article relating to Polish sport is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Henryk_Szost, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.