Piotr Haczek

Piotr Haczek
Piotr Haczek in 2000
Personal information
NationalityPolish
Born (1977-01-26) 26 January 1977
Żywiec, Poland
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Events
sprinting, 400 metres
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Poland
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1999 Seville4 × 400 m relay[2]
Bronze medal – third place1997 Athens4 × 400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2001 Edmonton4 × 400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2001 Lisbon4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal – second place1999 Maebashi4 × 400 m relay
European Championships
Silver medal – second place1998 Budapest4 × 400 m relay

Piotr Haczek (born 26 January 1977 in Żywiec, Śląskie) is a Polish former athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. An outdoor and indoor world champion in the 4 × 400 metres relay, his success came mainly in relay, his best individual performance being a gold medal at the 1999 European Under 23 Championships. After retiring from competition he became an athletics coach: among the roles he has held are sports director and head coach of the Polish Athletic Association and sprints coach for Scottish Athletics.[3][4]

Personal bests

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Poland
1995 European Junior Championships Nyíregyháza, Hungary 6th 400 m 47.42
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:09.65
1996 World Junior Championships Sydney, Australia 5th 400 m 46.29
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:08.04
Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:00.96
1997 European U23 Championships Turku, Finland 2nd 400 m 45.72
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:03.07
World Championships Athens, Greece 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:00.26[2]
1998 Goodwill Games Uniondale, United States 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 2:58.00 (NR)
European Championships Budapest, Hungary 5th 400 m 45.46
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 2:58.88
1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:03.01 (iAR)
European U23 Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 1st 400 m 45.78
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:03.22
World Championships Seville, Spain 1st 4 × 400 m relay 2:58.91[2]
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 12th (sf) 400 m 45.66
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:03.22
2001 World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.47
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 2:59.71[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Sports-Reference profile
  2. 1 2 3 4 The USA 4 × 400 team originally finished first in 4 × 400 m relay but was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew's confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.
  3. ↑ "High Performance Conference enhances high-level coaching skills". European Athletic Association. 31 March 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  4. ↑ Gillon, Doug (23 May 2012). "Where lessons must be learned, and examples must be made". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
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