Patryk Sieradzki (born 6 October 1998) is a Polish middle-distance runner specialising in the

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 ...

. Sieradzki is coached by Bartosz Sobowiec. He began as a

pacemaker An artificial cardiac pacemaker (or artificial pacemaker, so as not to be confused with the natural cardiac pacemaker) or pacemaker is a medical device that generates electrical impulses delivered by electrodes to the chambers of the heart eith ...

in 2021, he only finished 5 out of 22 races he started. But at the 2022

Irena Szewińska Memorial The Irena Szewińska Memorial is an annual track and field meeting held at the Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland in July. It was first held in 2019 as replacement for the XIX European Athletics Festival "Bydgoszcz Cup". The m ...

, he ran fast enough to qualify for the

2022 World Athletics Championships The 2022 World Athletics Championships was the eighteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships. It was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, United States, from July 15–24, 2022, with the country hosting that competition for the f ...

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1998 births Living people Pacemakers Polish male middle-distance runners 21st-century Polish sportsmen Place of birth missing (living people) {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub