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Łukasz Kwiatkowski (29 May 1982 – 25 November 2018) was a Polish professional track cyclist. He represented his nation
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in two Olympic Games (2004 and 2008), and also claimed numerous medals in track cycling at the
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and
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since 2002. During his sporting career, Kwiatkowski raced for the ASK Stal Grudziądz pro cycling team before his official retirement in 2010.


Racing career

Kwiatkowski was born in
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. Considered one of Poland's strongest cyclists, he made headlines on the international scene as an 18-year-old teen, when he claimed the silver medal in the sprint final match against Australia's
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at the 2000 UCI Junior Track World Championships in Fiorenzuola,
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. An early success from junior cycling tournaments helped Kwiatkowski develop his form from a pure power sprinter into being one of the most successful Polish cyclists of all time. This showed that he had collected numerous medals in men's
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, sprint, and team sprint events at the European U-23 Championships and
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. Selected as the official member of the Polish cycling team, Kwiatkowski made his debut at the
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in
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, where he edged out Germany's top favorite Jens Fiedler to take the seventh spot in the men's keirin, but lost the repechage round one match to Barbados' Barry Forde in the men's sprint. Affiliating with
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and Rafał Furman in the men's team sprint, Kwiatkowski rode a split time of 13.360 on the second leg to deliver the Polish trio a ninth-place finish in 45.093, narrowly missing out in the first round match by eleven-hundredths of a second (0.11). Shortly after his first Olympics, Kwiatkowski started the 2005–2006 season at the European Championships, where he helped the Polish squad score a more satisfactory triumph in the men's team sprint. He also added a silver medal to his seasonal career hardware in the final match against Ukraine's
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at the first stage of the
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series in
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, making him the most successful male rider of the season by the Polish Cycling Federation. Three years later, Kwiatkowski qualified for his second Polish squad, as a 25-year-old, in two track cycling events at the
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in
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by receiving a berth from the UCI Track World Rankings. In the men's team sprint, held on the first day of the track program, Kwiatkowski and his teammates
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and
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set a thirteenth-place time of 45.266 and an average speed of 59.647 km/h in an opening heat against Japan, but were relegated for swerving out of the lane on the final stretch, handing their rivals a more satisfactory triumph. Two days later, in the men's sprint, Kwiatkowski could not progress from the early stages after losing out again in the first round to Great Britain's
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and the repechage to Malaysia's
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. Kwiatkowski died at the age of 36 from leukemia.


Career highlights

;2000 * UCI Junior Track World Championships (Sprint), Fiorenzuola (ITA) ;2002 * European Championships (Sprint),
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(GER) * European Championships (Team sprint),
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(GER) * Stage 2,
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(Sprint),
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(RUS) * European Championships (Keirin),
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(GER) * Stage 1,
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(Team sprint),
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(MEX) ;2003 * European Championships (Team sprint),
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(RUS) * Stage 1,
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(Team sprint),
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(RUS) ;2004 * European Championships (Team sprint),
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(ESP) * Stage 4,
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(Team sprint),
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(AUS) * European Championships (Sprint),
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(ESP) * 7th
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(
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),
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(GRE) * 9th
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with Rafał Furman and
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),
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(GRE) ;2005 * European Championships (Team sprint with
Kamil Kuczyński Kamil Kuczyński (born 23 March 1985) is a Polish cyclist. He was born in Płock. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and ...
and
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), Fiorenzuola (ITA) * Stage 3,
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(Sprint),
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(GBR) * Stage 3,
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(Team sprint),
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(GBR) * Stage 1,
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(Keirin),
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(RUS) ;2006 * Stage 3,
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(Team sprint),
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(USA) ;2008 * 13th
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(
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with
Maciej Bielecki Maciej Bielecki (born 19 May 1987) is a Polish track cyclist. He was born in Białystok. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olym ...
and
Kamil Kuczyński Kamil Kuczyński (born 23 March 1985) is a Polish cyclist. He was born in Płock. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and ...
),
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(CHN) * 17th
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( Sprint),
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(CHN)


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