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 Robert Maćkowiak |
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| Men’s Athletics | ||
Competitor for  Poland |
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| World Championships | ||
| Bronze | 1997 Athens | 4x400 m relay |
| Gold | 1999 Seville | 4x400 m relay[1] |
Robert Maćkowiak (born May 30, 1970 in Rawicz, Wielkopolskie) is a Polish sprinter. Together with Tomasz Czubak, Jacek Bocian and Piotr Haczek he won a silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics[1]. Maćkowiak has also won other relay medals as well as individual medals in the 200 metres and 400 metres.
He belonged to the most famous and successful Polish relay team in 90's together with Tomasz Czubak, Piotr Haczek and Piotr Rysiukiewicz. Unfortunately many injuries stayed on their way to join the best relays of all time. The worst thing happened to them in the Olympic Games in Sydney. The Polish team was one of the favourites to get medal (after unstoppable U.S. really there were two main rivals: Jamaica and Bahamas. On the second leg (first ran Rysiukiewicz) Maćkowiak was leading but he had run into a starting box (Polish team run on the eight lane) and Poland lost their medal chances. The relay finished seventh in the competition.
Maćkowiak was also starting in the individual race in which he finished fifth. He was the only white athlete in the race and he started on the first lane so his result was a big success.
Maćkowiak was also one of the favourites on the World Championships in Edmonton 2001). The main rival was German runner Ingo Schultz who had best times in qualification runs. Maćkowiak was a candidate for silver but he got an injury few days before final and he lost chances to fight for medals. He also didn't start in the relay run which took place few days after individual start.
Officially retired at the end of 2006 season.
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Achievements
| Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Extra |
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| 1998 | European Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 3rd | 400 metres |
| European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | 400 metres | |
| 2nd | 4x400m relay | |||
| 1999 | World Indoor Championships | Maebashi, Japan | 2nd | 4x400m relay |
| World Championships | Seville, Spain | 1st | 4x400m relay[1] | |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 5th | 400 m |
| 7th | 4x400m relay | |||
| 2001 | World Indoor Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 1st | 4x400m relay |
| 2002 | European Indoor Championships | Vienna, Austria | 3rd | 200 metres |
| 1st | 4x400m relay | |||
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 5th | 4x400m relay |
Personal bests
- 200 metres - 20.61 s (1996)r
- 400 metres - 44.84 s (2001)r
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c The USA 4x400 team originally finished first in 4x400 m relay but was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.
References
- IAAF profile for Robert Maćkowiak
- sports-reference
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