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Michał Kotkowski
Michał Kotkowski (born 8 December 1998) is a Polish Paralympic athlete who competes in sprinting events at international track and field competitions. Career Kotkowski won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in the 400 metres T37 event. He won two gold medals at the 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships. He has also competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics where he reached fourth place in the 400m T37. He is coached by former Paralympic champion Andrzej Wróbel Andrzej Wróbel is a paralympic track and field, athlete from Poland competing mainly in category T37 distance events. Andrzej has competed at and medaled in three Paralympics. His first games were in Barcelona in 1992 Summer Paralymp .... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kotkowski, Michal 1998 births Living people Athletes from Poznań Paralympic athletes for Poland Polish male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poznań
Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's Fair, Poznań, Saint John's Fair (''Jarmark Świętojański''), traditional St. Martin's croissant, Saint Martin's croissants and a local dialect. Among its most important heritage sites are the Renaissance in Poland, Renaissance Old Town, Poznań Town Hall, Town Hall and Poznań Cathedral. Poznań is the fifth-largest List of cities and towns in Poland#Cities, city in Poland. As of 2023, the city's population is 540,146, while the Poznań metropolitan area (''Metropolia Poznań'') comprising Poznań County and several other communities is inhabited by over 1.029 million people. It is one of four historical capitals of medieval Poland and the ancient capital of the Greater Poland region, currently the administrative capital of the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralympic Athlete
The Paralympic sports comprise all the sports contested in the Summer Paralympic Games, Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. As of 2020, the Summer Paralympics included 22 sports and 539 medal events, and the Winter Paralympics include 5 sports and disciplines and about 80 events. The number and kinds of events may change from one Paralympic Games to another. The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event for athletes with physical disabilities or intellectual impairments. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. Paralympic sports refers to organized competitive sporting activities as part of the global Paralympic movement. These sports are organized and run under the supervision of the International Paralympic Committee and other international sports federations. History Organized sport for persons with physical disabilities developed out of Physical medicine and rehabilitation, rehabilitation programs. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medalists At The World Para Athletics European Championships
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Athletes (track And Field) At The 2020 Summer Paralympics
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Polish Male Sprinters
Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwriters * Kevin Polish, an American Paralympian archer Polish may refer to: * Polishing, the process of creating a smooth and shiny surface by rubbing or chemical action ** French polishing, polishing wood to a high gloss finish * Nail polish * Shoe polish * Polish (screenwriting), improving a script in smaller ways than in a rewrite See also * * * Polishchuk (surname) * Polonaise (other) A polonaise ()) is a stately dance of Polish origin or a piece of music for this dance. Polonaise may also refer to: * Polonaises (Chopin), compositions by Frédéric Chopin ** Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 (, ''Heroic Polonaise''; ) * Polon ... {{Disambiguation, surname Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralympic Athletes For Poland
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, have been held shortly after the corresponding Olympic Games. All Paralympic Games are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). The Paralympics began as a small gathering of British World War II veterans in 1948. The 1960 Games in Rome drew 400 athletes with disabilities from 23 countries, as proposed by doctor Antonio Maglio. Currently it is one of the largest international sporting events: the 2020 Summer Paralympics featuring 4,520 athletes from 163 National Paralympic Committees. Paralympians strive for equal treatment with non-disabled Olympic athletes, but there is a large funding gap between Olympic and Paralympic athletes. The Paralympic Games are organized in parallel with and in a similar way to the Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletes From Poznań
An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track and field and marathon runners but excluding e.g. swimmers, footballers or basketball players. However, in other contexts (mainly in the United States) it is used to refer to all athletics (physical culture) participants of any sport. For the latter definition, the word sportsperson or the gendered sportsman or sportswoman are also used. A third definition is also sometimes used, meaning anyone who is physically fit regardless of whether they compete in a sport. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-developed physiques obtained by extensive physical training and strict exercise, accompanied by a strict dietary regimen. Definitions The word "athlete" is a romanization of the , ''at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1998 Births
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the Impeachment of Bill Clinton, House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster (1998), Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 February 1998 Afghanistan earthquake, Afghani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrzej Wróbel
Andrzej Wróbel is a paralympic track and field, athlete from Poland competing mainly in category T37 distance events. Andrzej has competed at and medaled in three Paralympics. His first games were in Barcelona in 1992 Summer Paralympics, 1992 where he competed in the 100m, 400m and long jump as well as his more usual 5000m on top of winning a bronze in the 1500m and gold in the 800m. In both the 1996 Summer Paralympics, 1996 and 2000 Summer Paralympics he competed in the 800m, 1500m and 5000m improving to gold in the 1500m and winning a silver in the 800m in 1996 and defending his 1500m in Sydney in 2000. References External links * Paralympic athletes for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Poland Paralympic silver medalists for Poland Paralympic bronze medalists for Poland Polish ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland At The 2020 Summer Paralympics
Poland competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. Medalists Archery Łukasz Ciszek and Milena Olszewska have both qualified to compete. ;Men ;Women Athletics ;Men's track ;Men's field ;Women's track ;Women's field Badminton Bartłomiej Mróz has qualified to compete. Cycling Krystian Giera, Renata Kałuża, Justyna Kiryla, Marcin Polak, Dominika Putyra, Rafał Szumiec and Rafał Wilk have all qualified to compete. Track ;Women Equestrian Poland qualified one athlete. Paracanoeing Poland has qualified two athlete in men's VL2 & women's KL3 events, Katarzyna Kozikowska, Kamila Kubas, Mateusz Surwiło and Jakub Tokarz. Powerlifting Justyna Kozdryk, Grzegorz Lanzer, Paulina Przywecka-Puziak, Sławomir Szymański, Mariusz Tomczyk and Marzena Zięba have all qualified to compete. ;Men ;Women Rowing Poland qualified one boat in the mixed double sculls for the games by finishing sixth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
