Przemysław Miarczyński (born 26 August 1979) is a Polish windsurfer and Olympic athlete. Miarczyński already competed at the top-level when he was a teenager, becoming a multiple medal winner in Junior and Youth World Championships. During the

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, he finished in eighth position in the

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class. In 2001 he won a silver medal at the Junior and Senior World Championships. He became World Champion in 2003 and finished in fifth position during the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. In the Olympic season, he also became European Champion and a World Champion runner-up. Miarczyński won the bronze medal at the 2006 RS:X World Championships. He finished only one point behind world champion

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and

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who had as much points as Bouman. The gap between Miarczyński and fourth placed

Joeri van Dijk Joeri van Dijk-Passchier (14 July 1983, The Hague) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the ...

was 24 points. At the

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, he won the bronze medal in the RS:X class.

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Przemysław Miarczyński - Polish Sailing Encyclopedia
1979 births Living people Polish windsurfers Polish male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Poland Olympic bronze medalists for Poland Olympic medalists in sailing Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – RS:X Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – RS:X Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Sopot Sportspeople from Pomeranian Voivodeship {{Poland-yachtracing-bio-stub