Łukasz Nowak (born 18 December 1988, in

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) is a Polish

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. He finished 6th in the 50 kilometers walk at the

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with a new personal best of 3:42:47.

Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor * 3000 m walk – 11:41.30 (Sosnowiec 2011) * 5000 m walk – 19:24.57 (Katowice 2011) * 10 km walk – 40:40 (Zaniemyśl 2014) * 20 km walk – 1:20:48 (Zaniemyśl 2013) * 50 km walk – 3:42:47 (London 2012) Indoor * 5000 m walk – 19:13.08 (Sopot 2014)

References

* https://www.olympic.org/olympic-results

External links

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Łukasz Nowak
at the ''Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki'' * * * 1988 births Living people Polish male race walkers Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland Athletes from Poznań 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-racewalk-athletics-bio-stub