Paweł Czapiewski (born 30 March 1978) is a former
Polish
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middle-distance runner
Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...
. He was born in
Stargard.
He came third in the
2001 World Championships in
Edmonton
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in a personal best time of 1:44.63 minutes. Later that month he lowered it to 1:43.22 min. He later won the
2002 European Indoor Athletics Championships
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.
He has officially retired on 21 July 2012 at the
Janusz Kusociński Memorial
The Janusz Kusociński Memorial (Polish: ''Memoriał Janusza Kusocińskiego'') is an annual track and field meeting at different venues in Poland, in recent times at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów, Poland.
The meeting was first held in 1954 i ...
having earlier failed to qualify for the
2012 Olympic Games.
Personal bests
Outdoor
* 600 m – 1:16.83 (Kraków 2008)
* 800 m – 1:43.22 (Zürich 2001 NR)
* 1000 m – 2:17.22 (Kraków 2002)
* 1500 m – 3:40.14 (Biala Podlaska 2005)
Indoor
* 800 m – 1:44.78 (Wien 2002 NR)
* 1000 m – 2:19.00 (Erfurt 2001 NR)
* 1500 m – 3:38.96 (Stuttgart 2002)
Competition record
See also
*
Polish records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Poland maintained by its national athletics federation: Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki (PZLA).
Outdoor
Key to tables:
+ = en route to a longer distance
h = hand timing
Men
Women
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References
External links
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1978 births
Living people
Polish male middle-distance runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Poland
People from Stargard
World Athletics Championships medalists
Sportspeople from West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games
20th-century Polish people
21st-century Polish people
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