Marcin Polak Explained

Marcin Polak
Birth Date:1982 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Bełżyce, Poland
Country:Poland
Sport:Para-cycling

Marcin Polak (born 25 November 1982) is Polish para-cyclist. He represented Poland at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Career

On 31 January 2020, Polak set the world record in the 4 km individual pursuit in the B classification with a time of 4 minutes 3.528 seconds.[1]

He won a bronze medal in the men's individual pursuit B event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[2] On 31 May 2022, he was stripped of his medal and suspended for four years for breaching anti-doping rules.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fastest para-cycling men's 4 km individual pursuit (B) . guinnessworldrecords.com . 25 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Marcin Polak . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . . 25 August 2021 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210825060902/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/cycling-track/athlete-profile-n1376963-polak-marcin.htm . 25 August 2021 .
  3. Web site: UCI statement concerning Marcin Polak . paralympic.org . 31 May 2022 . 31 May 2022.
  4. Web site: Polak stripped of Paralympic medal and banned for four years after doping breach . . Eliott . Brennan . 1 June 2022 . 1 June 2022.