Adrian Strzałkowski (born 20 March 1990) is a Polish

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who competes in the

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

. His personal best of is the Polish indoor record for the event. He represented Poland at the

2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at Scandinavium and Svenska Mässan in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 1–3 March 2013. Bidding process The decision to grant the event for Gothenburg was made by the European Athletics Council a ...

and the

2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was the fifteenth edition of the international indoor track and field competition, organised by the IAAF. The event was held between 7–9 March 2014 at the Ergo Arena in Sopot, Poland. Prepar ...

. He was the gold medallist at the

2013 Jeux de la Francophonie The 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as ''VIIèmes Jeux de la Francophonie'' ( French for ''7th Francophone Games''), were held in Nice, France, from September 6-15. This was the second edition of the games to be hosted in France and the fi ...

Career

Born in

Szczecin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...

, he was raised in Stalowa Wola, joined up with a local

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club there and began working with coach Kazimierz Luchowski. Initially he competed in the

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

but soon focused on the long jump instead. He returned to his native Szczecin in 2009 and turned to Mieczyslaw Komorowski as a coach.Adrian Strzałkowski wskoczył do światowej czołówki skoczków w dal
. Onet/Eurosport (2014-03-12). Retrieved on 2014-03-16. It was during this period that he competed internationally for the first time. His debut for Poland came at the

2011 European Athletics U23 Championships [] The 8th European Athletics U23 Championships were held on 14–17 July 2011 in the Městský stadion (Ostrava), Městský stadion in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Russia topped the medal table with 20 medals in total, including 9 golds (after revisi ...

, though he did not get past the qualifying round. He placed fourth at the

Polish Athletics Championships The Polish Athletics Championships ( pl, Mistrzostwa Polski seniorów w lekkoatletyce) is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Polish Athletic Association (PZLA), which serves as the Polish national championship for the sp ...

that year and also set a personal best mark of .Adrian Strzałkowski
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-03-16. Strzałkowski began to study

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Łódź Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti ...

and struggled to find a new jumping coach. He eventually found one in Leszek Lipiński at nearby Aleksandrów Łódzki. He regarded this new arrangement as a breakthrough for his career as his performances began to improve. In 2012 he was runner-up at the Polish Indoor Championships and won the under-23 national title. At the start of 2013 he matched his personal best to win his first national title indoors and made his senior international debut at the

, where he came tenth overall. A new best of in

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preceded his victory at the 2013 Polish Championships and a gold medal at the Jeux de la Francophonie – won in a wind-assisted . He won his first indoor Polish title in 2014 with another improvement of . This earned him a place on the team for the

held in Sopot, Poland. He surprised with a big personal best in his first jump at the competition, clearing a Polish indoor record of to finish top of the qualifying round. He produced the joint second-best mark of his career in the final round and this placed him sixth.

Personal bests

Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

outdoor – (2013) *Long jump indoor – (2014) *

Triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

outdoor – (2008)Adrian Strzałkowski
Domtel Sport. Retrieved on 2014-03-16.

Competition record

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Strzalkowski, Adrian Living people 1990 births Polish male long jumpers Sportspeople from Szczecin