Marcin Krukowski (born 14 June 1992) is a Polish

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who competes in the

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the ...

. His personal best throw of 89.55 m, set in 2021, is the Polish record. He has represented his nation at three World Championships (

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and

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). His best performance is ninth place (2017). He also represented Poland at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

and the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

Personal life

He is the son of

Agnieszka Agnieszka is the Polish equivalent of the female given name Agnes (name). Notable people with this name include: * Agnieszka Arnold, Polish documentary filmmaker * Agnieszka Baranowska (1819–1890), Polish playwright and poet * Agnieszka Bedna ...

and Michał Krukowski, both of whom are former javelin throwers.

Competition record

Seasonal bests by year

*2009 – 65.95 *2010 – 72.10 *2011 – 79.19 *2012 – 82.58 *2013 – 83.04 *2014 – 80.66 *2015 – 85.20 *2016 – 84.74 *2017 – 88.09 *2018 – 84.55 *2021 – 89.55 NR

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Marcin Krukowski
at the ''Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki'' * * * 1992 births Living people Polish male javelin throwers Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland Polish Athletics Championships winners Athletes from Warsaw 21st-century Polish people Military World Games silver medalists for Poland Military World Games medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub