Piotr Piątek (born 17 February 1982 in

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) is an athlete from

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, who competes in

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2008 Summer Olympics

At the

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Piątek finished his ranking round with a total of 649 points, which gave him the 43rd seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced

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in the first round. Both archers scored 109 points in the regular match, but Moriya 10 points in the extra round and Piątek only 9. Moriya would lose in the quarter finals against

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who won the Olympic gold medal.Athlete biography: Piotr Piatek
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 19 2008 Together with

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and

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he also took part in the team event. With his 649 score from the ranking round combined with the 667 of Dobrowolski and the 661 of Proć the Polish were in eighth position after the ranking round. In the first round they were too strong for the

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n team, but they were not capable enough to beat

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in the quarter finals.

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1982 births Living people Polish male archers Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for Poland People from Żywiec Sportspeople from Silesian Voivodeship {{Poland-archery-bio-stub