Jakub Krzewina (Polish pronunciation: ; born 10 October 1989) is a Polish track and field

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er who specialises in the

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. A frequent competitor for Poland in the

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, he has won two medals at the European Athletics Championships and reached the final at the

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. He was also a relay silver medallist with Europe at the

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. He has a personal best of 45.11 seconds for the distance. His best individual finish is fourth at the European Athletics Championships in 2014.

Personal life

Krzewina was born on 10 October 1989 in Kruszwica, Poland.Krzewina, Jakub
Domtel Sport. Retrieved on 2014-09-15.

Career

Krzewina appeared on the national junior scene in 2007, placing third at the national junior championships in the 400 metres. He dipped under 48 seconds in the event for the first time that year. He won his first international selection at the

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as part of Poland's

team. The team (including

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) reached the final, but was disqualified.Jakub Krzewina
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-09-15. His first individual international race came the year after at the

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, but he failed to progress beyond the heats.Jakub Krzewina
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, and Rafał Omelko take fifth in the final. The 2009 season marked a career progression as he won the Polish under-23 title with a personal best of 46.66 seconds. He also won a relay gold medal at the

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, running alongside Marcin Sobiech, Pietrzak, and Ciepiela. Krzewina missed most of the 2010 season but returned in 2011 and made his first impact at the senior level. He anchored the Polish 4×400 m relay team at the

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, taking the team to fifth place. The team attempted to defend their title at the

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, but were pipped to the gold by a tenth of a second by the British team. At the

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he placed fourth in the 400 m with a new best of 46.51 seconds. This earned his global senior debut at the

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, where the Polish team of Kacper Kozłowski, Piotr Wiaderek, Krzewina and

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ran in the relay. The team finished their heat in 3:01.84 minutes (the fastest for the country that year and of Krzewina's career) but this was not enough to make the final. He began 2012 in peak form, setting an indoor best of 46.85 seconds then winning his first national title at the

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. An appearance at the

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followed but the team faltered in the relay final and came in sixth (last) place. He achieved a season's best of 46.55 seconds outdoors, but did not compete internationally as a poor performance at the national championships meant he was excluded from the relay team that competed at the 2012 Olympics. He performances declined further in 2013, having only a seventh place finish nationally. Krzewina improved at the start of 2014 with an indoor best of 46.54 seconds to finish as runner-up at the national championships. He anchored a team of Kozłowski, Omelko and Pietrzak to take Poland to fourth place in the 4×400 m relay final at the

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on home turf in Sopot (Krzewina's highest global finish at that point). He opened the outdoor season with a big personal best of 45.11 seconds. This marked ranked him fourth in the European rankings for that season. He repeated that time at the Polish Championships to claim his first national outdoor title in the 400 metres. He was chosen for both the individual and relay events at the

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. In his solo senior debut for Poland he reached the 400 m final and finished in fourth place, just behind Israel's Donald Sanford. Having missed the heats, he was drafted in as the last man for the Polish team in the 4×400 m relay final. Starting his leg in fourth place, he narrowly overhauled Thomas Jordier in the final straight to win the bronze medals for Poland (setting a personal relay best of 2:59.85 minutes in the process). His fourth in the individual event led to his inclusion on the European relay team for the

and (teaming up with European rivals Conrad Williams, Sanford, and

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) he helped the team to silver behind the African team. Krzewina and his teammates qualified to the

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final at the

in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Polish quartet of

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, Rafał Omelko,

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and Krzewina broke the world indoor record in the men's 4x400m with a stunning finish to the final track event of the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. On the last straight, Krzewina overtook the anchor of the American team, which lead from the start, and achieved the greatest success in his career.

Competition record

¹Disqualified in the final

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Krzewina, Jakub Living people 1989 births Polish male sprinters People from Inowrocław County European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland Sportspeople from Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Poland Śląsk Wrocław athletes World Athletics Indoor Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Polish people