Damian Czykier (pronounced ; born 10 August 1992) is a Polish athlete specialising in the

high hurdles Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, ...

. He came fourth at the

2015 Summer Universiade ) , Nations participating = 143 , Athletes participating = 12,885 , Events = 272 in 21 sports , Opening ceremony = , Closing ceremony = , Officially opened by = Park Geun-hye , Athlete's Oath = Kim Seong-yeon and Kim Kuk-young , Judge's Oath = K ...

and the 2016 European Championships. His personal bests are 13.28 seconds in the

110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hur ...

(+1.2 m/s, Bydgoszcz 2017) and 7.65 seconds in the

60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds ( Susanna K ...

(Belgrade 2017). Both of his parents are former athletes; father Dariusz Czykier was a footballer while mother Elżbieta Stankiewicz a basketball player.

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Damian Czykier
at the ''Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki'' * * * 1992 births Living people Polish male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland Sportspeople from Białystok World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Podlasie Białystok athletes FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Poland Polish Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 2015 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub