Maciej Kreczmer (born 4 April 1981 in

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) is a Polish

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who has competed since 1999. His best individual finish at the

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was 17th in the sprint event in

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while his best overall finish was fifth in the team sprint event (with

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) in

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. Kreczmer's best individual finish at the

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was 25th in the sprint event at

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. He has two individual career victories at various levels both in sprint (2000, 2005).

References

* 1981 births Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Living people Polish male cross-country skiers Tour de Ski skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Poland Winter World University Games medalists in cross-country skiing People from Żywiec County Skiers from Silesian Voivodeship FISU World University Games gold medalists for Poland Cross-country skiers at the 2007 Winter Universiade {{Poland-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub