Robert Jachimowicz (born 7 June 1967) is a

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from

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competing in category F53 throwing events. He has competed at one Summer Paralympics, in

Sydney 2000 The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

and at the

2015 IPC Athletics World Championships The 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships were a Paralympic track and field meet organized by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. The event was the 7th edition of what is now known as the World Para ...

in Doha he won the silver medal in the

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

Personal history

Jachimowicz was born in Koszalin, Poland in 1967. He is married and has one son.

Career history

Jachimowicz first came to note as an athlete when he competed at the

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in the F51 Discus throw. He was originally declared the gold medal winner after throwing over 18 metres, but the British Paralympic team, whose athlete Stephen Miller placed fourth, lodged a complaint about Jachimowicz's disability classification. He was disqualified and did not record a placing. He next competed at the 2002 IPC Athletics World Championships, competing in both the shot put and discus but failed to complete either event. After an extended absence for the sport, Jachimowicz represented Poland at the

2014 IPC Athletics European Championships The 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships was a track and field competition for athletes with a disability open to International Paralympic Committee (IPC) affiliated countries within Europe, plus Azerbaijan and Israel. It was held in Swanse ...

in Swansea, taking the silver medal. He took a second silver a year later, this time at the 2015 World Championships in Doha, despite struggling with injury. In 2016, in the buildup to the Summer Paralympics in Rio, he travelled to

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in Italy to compete in his second

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. A throw of 19.42 was enough to give him the gold medal in the discus.

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Robert Jachimowicz
at the 1967 births Living people Sportspeople from Koszalin Paralympic athletes for Poland Polish male discus throwers Polish male shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair discus throwers Wheelchair shot putters Paralympic discus throwers Paralympic shot putters 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub