Dariusz Kuć Explained

Dariusz Kuć
Birth Date:	24 April 1986
Birth Place:	Kraków, Poland
Height:	1.76 m
Weight:	73 kg
Sport:	Running
Event:	100 metres, 200 metres

Dariusz Kuć (born 24 April 1986) is a Polish sprint athlete. His personal best time over 100 metres is 10.15 seconds, achieved in June 2011 in Kraków.^[1]

At the 2006 European Athletics Championships he finished sixth in the 100 metres final and won a silver medal, running the anchor leg, in the 4 × 100 m relay. He also competed at the 2006 World Indoor Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final. However, in Beijing he qualified for the second round after finishing fifth in his heat behind Asafa Powell, Kim Collins, Craig Pickering and Daniel Grueso. His time of 10.44 was the 9th fastest losing time after the 10.25 of Nobuharu Asahara, advancing him to the second round. In that second round he only came to 10.46 seconds, which was the seventh time of the heat, causing elimination. Together with Marcin Nowak, Łukasz Chyła and Marcin Jędrusiński he also competed at the 4×100 metres relay. In their qualification heat they did not finish due to a mistake in the baton exchange and they were eliminated.^[2]

Achievements

Representing
2003	European Junior Championships	Tampere, Finland	12th (h)	100 m	10.80
	World Youth Championships	Sherbrooke, Canada	17th (sf)	100 m	11.06
	World Youth Championships	Sherbrooke, Canada	2nd	Medley relay	1:53.08
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	37th (h)	100m	10.83 (wind: -0.2 m/s)
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	5th	4 × 100 m relay	40.13
2005	European Junior Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	6th	100 m	10.84
2005	European Junior Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	40.03
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	10th (sf)	60 m	6.64
	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	6th	100 m	10.21
	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	39.05
2007	European U23 Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	5th	100 m	10.41
			—	200m	DNF
			1st (h)	4 × 100 m relay	39.27^[3]
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	24th (qf)	100 m	10.37
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	39th (qf)	100 m	10.46
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	6th	60 m	6.62
	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	11th (sf)	100 m	10.48
	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	39.21
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	31st (qf)	100 m	10.38
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	23rd (sf)	100 m	10.65
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	5th	4 × 100 m relay	38.83
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	23rd (sf)	100 m	10.51
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	4th	4 × 100 m relay	38.50
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	12th (sf)	100 m	10.38
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	27th (h)	100 m	10.24
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	9th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.31
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	39.29
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	11th (sf)	60 m	6.60
	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	13th	4 × 100 m relay	39.31
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	6th	4 × 100 m relay	38.85

Notes and References

http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/resultsevent.php?sex=1&enumber=40&CID=12811482&Season=2011
Web site: Athlete biography: Dariusz Kuc . https://web.archive.org/web/20080903073455/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/0/212120.shtml . 2008-09-03 . dead . . August 26, 2008.
Did not finish in the final.