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Arkadiusz Sowa
Arkadiusz Rafał Sowa (born March 2, 1979) is a Polish marathon runner. He set a personal best time of 2:12:00, by finishing seventh at the 2007 Berlin Marathon. Sowa represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon, men's marathon, along with his compatriot Henryk Szost. He successfully finished the race in fifty-fourth place by fifteen seconds ahead of Tanzania's Samson Ramadhani, with a time of 2:24:48. References External links *NBC Olympics Profile Polish male marathon runners Living people Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Sosnowiec Athletes from Silesian Voivodeship 1979 births {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sosnowiec
Sosnowiec is an industrial city county in the Dąbrowa Basin of southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, which is also part of the Silesian Metropolis municipal association.—— Located in the eastern part of the Upper Silesian Industrial Region, Sosnowiec is one of the cities of the Katowice urban area, which is a conurbation with the overall population of 2.7 million people; as well as the greater Upper Silesian metropolitan area populated by about 5.3 million people. The population of the city is 194,818 as of December 2021. Geography It is believed that the name Sosnowiec originates from the Polish word ''sosna'', referring to the pine forests growing in the area prior to 1830. The village was originally known as ''Sosnowice''. Other variations of the name include ''Sosnowietz, Sosnowitz, Sosnovitz'' (Yiddish), ''Sosnovyts, Sosnowyts, Sosnovytz, Sosnowytz,'' and ''Sosnovetz''. There are five other smaller settlements in Poland also called Sosnowiec, located in the K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
