Andrzej Krawczyk (born 11 April 1976, in Płońsk) is a retired Polish discus thrower. His personal best throw is 65.56 metres, achieved in July 2005 in Norrtälje.

Career

He started out in the

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and was the

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list at the European Youth Olympic Festival in 1993. He just missed out on a discus medal at the

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, placing fourth, but he topped the podium at the

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the following year. He followed this up with a

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at the

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. He cleared sixty metres for the first time in 1998, setting a season's best mark of 61.96 m in Sopot, but did not manage the feat at the

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, where he was eliminated in the qualifying round. He made his first senior appearance at world level at the

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, but was also knocked out in the first round.Krawczyk Andrzej

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. Retrieved on 2011-02-08. His next major performance after this came at the 2001 European Cup Winter Throwing event where he claimed the discus

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. His 2003 season brought further honours in the form of a silver at the Summer Universiade and also a bronze at that year's

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. In 2005 he came sixth in the 2005 European Cup, but threw his career best of 65.56 m the next month in Norrtälje. He gained entry into the

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and reached the final round, ending the competition in twelfth with a best throw of 62.71 m. The final major tournament of his career was the

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, at which he was tenth in the final. He stopped competing professionally in 2008. He became a six-time national champion in the discus event. Following his retirement, he became a physiotherapist for fellow Polish thrower Piotr Małachowski.Rozum, Janusz (2011-02-08)
Mixing success with injury par for the course for Malachowski

. Retrieved on 2011-02-08.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Krawczyk, Andrzej 1976 births Living people Polish male discus throwers People from Płońsk Athletes from Masovian Voivodeship Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for Poland Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade Polish Athletics Championships winners