Michał_Pietrzak

Michał Pietrzak

Michał Pietrzak

Polish sprinter and hurdler

Michał Pietrzak (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmixaw ˈpjɛtʂak]; born 3 April 1989) is a retired Polish athlete who specialised in the 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles.[4] He won two medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships.

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Personal life

Pietrzak was born on 3 April 1989 in Łęczyca.[5] His parents, Waldemar and Jolanta, are both physical education teachers. He attended the Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education in Katowice.[6] 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.[7][8]

Competing in the 4 × 400 m relay, Pietrzak placed fourth at the 2014 World Indoor Championships in Sopot[3] 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, finishing in 7th place.[10][5]

Competition record

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References

  1. [1]
    2017 Universiade bio
  2. [2]
    Rio 2016 bio Archived 2016-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    "Micha³ PIETRZAK - Statystyki PZLA - DOMTEL-SPORT". domtel-sport.pl.
  4. [4]
    Michał Pietrzak at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  5. [5]
    "Michał Pietrzak Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". April 18, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  6. [6]
    "Michał Pietrzak: " AWF w Katowicach najlepszą sportową uczelnią w Polsce" | Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego". awf.katowice.pl. Archived from the original on 2012-08-15.
  7. [7]
    "Joy turns to sadness after indoor athletics relay disqualification".
  8. [8]
    "European Indoor Championships 2013: UK Athletics coach Peter Eriksson hails GB's eight-medal haul".
  9. [9]
    "Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki". pzla.pl.
  10. [10]
    http://www.olimpijski.pl/Media/files/Sklad_RIO_2016_v_zatwierdzona.pdf [bare URL PDF]
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