Marcin Urbaś (born September 17, 1976 in

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) is a former

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athlete. He is the Polish record holder for the 200 metres dash with 19.98 seconds. He is now a

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coach.

Track and field

Urbaś is the Polish national record holder over the half-a-lap (19.98 seconds in the semi-final of the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. Urbaś is one of the four Polish athletes who brought the Polish national records in dashes up-to-the global standards:

Marian Woronin Marian Jerzy Woronin (born 13 August 1956 in Grodzisk Mazowiecki) is a retired Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He is a four-time European Indoor Champion in the 60 metres. He won nine Polish outdoor ...

10.00 (9.992) over 100 m; Marcin Urbaś 19.98 over 200m; and

Tomasz Czubak The USA 4 x 400 team originally finished first in 4x400 m relay but was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003. Tomasz Czubak (born 16 December 1973 in Słupsk) ...

and

Robert Maćkowiak Robert Maćkowiak (born 13 May 1970 in Rawicz, Wielkopolskie) is a former Polish sprinter. Together with Tomasz Czubak, Jacek Bocian and Piotr Haczek he won the gold medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. ...

over 400 m, 44.62 and 44.84, respectively. Urbaś improved the Polish national record of 20 years by Leszek Dunecki.

Results and honors

He won th
gold medal
over a lap indoor in the European Indoor Championships in 2002, and the bronze medal in 2005. Urbas has been part of the Polish national 4 × 100 m relay who won the silver medal during the European (outdoor) Championships in 2002.

Competition record

Other achievements

SPAR CUP: European National Teams' (Men's) Super League:
200 m: Bronze in 2006; Silver in 2002; Bronze in 2001; Gold in 1999; 4 × 100 m relay: Gold in 2006

Music

Aside of his sport career he is a vocalist in Polish death metal band

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. Marcin Urbaś recorded with them three albums: "Blind Existence (1999)", "Unbeliever's Script (2003)" and "Nailed to Ignorance" (2022).

Retirement

After Mr. Tadeusz Osik refused to include him on the Polish national 4 × 100 m relay for the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

, Urbas was removed from the list of the members of The Polish national track and field team; therefore, PZLA or the Polish Track and Field Association did stop supporting him financially. Because of the lack of financial support, Mr. Urbas as of 2009 has retired as a professional athlete. Mr. Urbas did claim that he would have been able of running close to his Personal Best of 19.98s over 200 meters (20.1—20.2 over 200m) only if, he would be capable of investing into himself around 80,000 zlotya or, at the time, around 25,000

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The Newest Job

Mr. Urbas is a co-owner of th
Urban Sprint Group
(in Poland) and, in particular, helps with the Projekt Elita Rugby 7:

Rio 2016 ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

. The goals of Mr. Urbas are to, in general, help Polish runners, all over Poland, run smarter and achieve their goals; and in particular, to help the Polish national Rugby team in qualifying to the Olympics in 2016.

References

External links

Marcin Urbaś Running and Physical Education School - Urban Sptint Group

Urbaś sings in a duet

The same song sung solo, by Patrycja Jankowska, with pictures of Mr. Urbaś
{{DEFAULTSORT:Urbas, Marcin 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Kraków Polish male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Poland European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for Poland Competitors at the 1999 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade