Dariusz Robert Slowik (born 15 August 1977) is a retired Polish-Canadian

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er. He competed for Denmark until his Danish residence permit was revoked, and then began representing Canada.

Life and career

Born in Poland, Slowik grew up in Denmark, and for Denmark he competed at the 1996 World Junior Championships and the 1999 European U23 Championships without reaching the final. He also became Danish discus champion in 1998. Following studies in Canada between 2000 and 2002, Slowik's Danish residence permit was revoked, barring him from participating at the

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. He proceeded to gain Canadian citizenship. Dariusz qualified for Olympics 2004 by throwing over 64 meters 3 times, but received his Canadian Citizenship to late and could not compete in Athens. For Canada, Slowik won the bronze medals at the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

and the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Com ...

. His personal best throw was 64.56 metres, achieved in July 2004 in

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. He worked as an actor in the 2012 feature film '' This Means War'', starring Tom Hardy and Chris Pine. He also acted in the television series Fringe in season 4 episode 2 as ND Fringe agent. He also does charity fundraising and broke a Guinness record for single arm bench press in one hour and was mentioned in Guinness book of records 2018 and 2022. Then in 2021, he achieved another Guinness record in category "Most weight lifted by lateral raises in one minute whilst standing on a Swiss ball" with 640 kilograms. He currently holds 5 Guinness world records.

References

1977 births Living people Polish emigrants to Canada Polish emigrants to Denmark Danish male discus throwers Canadian male discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub