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
Event(s)sprinting, 400 metres
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Poland
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Seville 4 × 400 m relay[2]
Bronze medal – third place1997 Athens4 × 400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Edmonton 4 × 400m 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 place 1998 Budapest4 x 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 x 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 x 400 team originally finished first in 4x400 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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