Łukasz Krawczuk (Polish pronunciation: [ˈwukaʂ ˈkraft͡ʂuk]; born 15 June 1989) is a Polish sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.[3] He has won two medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships.
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Polish |
| Born | 15 June 1989 Kłodzko, Poland |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Running |
| Event | Sprints |
| Club | WKS Śląsk Wrocław[2] |
| Coached by | Maciej Wojsa |
Medal record | |
Career
editKrawczuk represented his country in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2013 World Championships, as well as two indoor World Championships in 2012 and 2014. He won the bronze medal with the Polish relay team at the 2014 European Championships and silver at the 2015 European Indoor Championships.
His personal bests in the event are 45.65 seconds outdoors (Szczecin 2014) and 46.31 seconds indoors (Prague 2015).
Krawczuk and his teammates qualified to the 4 × 400 metres relay final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Polish quartet of Karol Zalewski, Rafał Omelko, Łukasz Krawczuk, Jakub Krzewina broke the world indoor record in the men's 4x400m with a stunning finish to the final track event of the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. Krzewina overtook the leaders from the beginning - Americans on the last straight and achieved the greatest success in their career.[4]
Competition record
editReferences
edit- ^ "Lukasz Krawczuk". Rrio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ "PZLA profile". domtel-sport.pl. Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Łukasz Krawczuk at World Athletics
- ^ "Report: Men's 4X400m final – IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018". iaaf.org. IAAF. 4 March 2018. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
External links
edit- Łukasz Krawczuk at World Athletics
- Łukasz Krawczuk at European Athletics
- Łukasz Krawczuk at the Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki (in Polish)
- Łukasz Krawczuk at Olympedia
- Łukasz Krawczuk at Olympics.com
- Łukasz Krawczuk at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- Łukasz Krawczuk at Olympic.org (archived)
- Łukasz Krawczuk at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (archive) (in Polish)
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