Dariusz Kuć (born 24 April 1986) is a Polish sprint athlete. His personal best time over 100 metres is 10.15 seconds, achieved in June 2011 in

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.http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/resultsevent.php?sex=1&enumber=40&CID=12811482&Season=2011 At the

2006 European Athletics Championships The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit". Gothenburg also hosted the 1995 World Champions ...

he finished sixth in the

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final and won a silver medal, running the anchor leg, in the 4 × 100 m relay. He also competed at the 2006 World Indoor Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the

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without reaching the final. However, in

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he qualified for the second round after finishing fifth in his heat behind

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Craig Pickering Dr Craig Keith Pickering (born 16 October 1986, in Crawley, West Sussex) is an English retired sprinter and bobsleigher. As a sprinter, he was based at the Marshall Milton Keynes Athletics Club; however, he also ran for the University ...

and

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, advancing him to the second round. In that second round he only came to 10.46 seconds, which was the seventh time of the heat, causing elimination. Together with Marcin Nowak,

Łukasz Chyła Łukasz Chyła (born 31 March 1981 in Dziemiany) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Poland.

and Marcin Jędrusiński he also competed at the 4×100 metres relay. In their qualification heat they did not finish due to a mistake in the baton exchange and they were eliminated.

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* * 1986 births Living people Polish male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes from Kraków European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Zawisza Bydgoszcz athletes FISU World University Games silver medalists for Poland FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Poland Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade 21st-century Polish sportsmen Polish Athletics Championships winners {{Poland-sprint-athletics-bio-stub