Michał Pietrzak Explained

Michał Pietrzak
Full Name:Michał Waldemar Pietrzak
Birth Date:3 April 1989
Birth Place:Łęczyca, Poland
Height:1.85 m[1]
Weight:80 kg
Club:AZS-AWF Katowice[2]
Coach:Janusz Iskra
Education:Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education[3]

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

Personal life

Pietrzak was born on 3 April 1989 in Łęczyca.[4] His parents, Waldemar and Jolanta, are both physical education teachers. He attended the Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education in Katowice.[5] 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.[6] [7]

Competing in the 4 × 400 m relay, Pietrzak placed fourth at the 2014 World Indoor Championships in Sopot[2] 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.[8]

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.[9]

Competition record

Representing
2008World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland14th (sf)400 m hurdles52.22
5th4 × 400 m relay3:08.65
2009European U23 ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuaniabgcolor=gold1st4 × 400 m relay3:03.74
2011European U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic15th (sf)400 m hurdles51.76
bgcolor=silver2nd4 × 400 m relay3:03.62
2012European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland4th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:05.69
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom9th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:02.86
2013European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden–4 × 400 m relayDQ
2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland4th4 × 400 m relay3:04.39
European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland5th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:03.52
2015IAAF World RelaysNassau, Bahamas9th4 × 400 m relay3:03.23
UniversiadeGwangju, South Korea3rd4 × 400 m relay3:07.77
World ChampionshipsBeijing, China11th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:00.72
2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlandsbgcolor=silver2nd 4 × 400 m relay3:02.09
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil7th4 × 400 m relay3:00.50
2017UniversiadeTaipei, Taiwan–4 × 400 m relayDNF

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/michal-pietrzak Rio 2016 bio
  2. Web site: Micha³ PIETRZAK - Statystyki PZLA - DOMTEL-SPORT. domtel-sport.pl.
  3. https://data.2017.gov.taipei/atos/prod/eng/zb/engzb_athletics-athlete-profile-n170551-pietrzak-michal-waldemar.htm 2017 Universiade bio
  4. Web site: Michał Pietrzak Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. April 18, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418090523/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/michal-pietrzak-1.html. 2020-04-18.
  5. Web site: Michał Pietrzak: " AWF w Katowicach najlepszą sportową uczelnią w Polsce" Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego . awf.katowice.pl . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120815062900/http://www.awf.katowice.pl/aktualnosci/michal-pietrzak-awf-w-katowicach-najlepsza-sportowa-uczelnia-w-polsce . 2012-08-15.
  6. Web site: Joy turns to sadness after indoor athletics relay disqualification.
  7. Web site: European Indoor Championships 2013: UK Athletics coach Peter Eriksson hails GB's eight-medal haul.
  8. Web site: Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki. pzla.pl.
  9. http://www.olimpijski.pl/Media/files/Sklad_RIO_2016_v_zatwierdzona.pdf

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