Paweł Januszewski (born 2 January 1972) is a retired

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from

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, 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

Pyrzyce Pyrzyce (; ) is a town in Pomerania, north-western Poland. As of 2007, it had 13,331 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Pyrzyce County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship. The town emerged from an early medieval tribal stronghold, which eventually ...

. 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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* 1972 births Living people Polish male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland People from Pyrzyce Skra Warszawa athletes European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes from West Pomeranian Voivodeship Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics FISU World University Games gold medalists for Poland Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games 20th-century Polish sportsmen 21st-century Polish sportsmen Polish Athletics Championships winners {{Poland-hurdles-athletics-bio-stub