Patryk Dobek (born 13 February 1994) is a Polish

athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...

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. He is specialising in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

and

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...

. He won the bronze medal at the

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Patryk Dobek
at the ''Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki'' * * * 1994 births Living people Polish male sprinters Polish male hurdlers People from Kościerzyna Athletes from Pomeranian Voivodeship World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland Polish Athletics Championships winners Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for Poland Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Poland Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) 21st-century Polish people {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub