Paweł Januszewski (born 2 January 1972) is a retired hurdler from

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

, who is best known for winning the gold medal at the 1998 European Championships. A gold medalist at the

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, he represented his native country in two consecutive

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(1996 and 2000), reaching the final on the second occasion. In addition, he competed at four World Championships, qualifying for the final in 1999 and 2001. Januszewski was born in

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. He set his personal best (48.17s) in the men's 400 metres hurdles on 20 August 1998, in his winning race in

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. It was the national record until 2007, when the mark was bettered by Marek Plawgo, and remains the second best result by a Polish athlete.Polish athletics all-time list
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Competition record

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