Marcin Jędrusiński (born 28 September 1981) is a Polish former sprint athlete. Jędrusiński represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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and the 2004 Olympics in Athens. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Dariusz Kuc, Lukasz Chyla and Marcin Andrzej Nowak. In their qualification heat they did not finish due to a mistake in the baton exchange and they were eliminated. At the individual

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he qualified second in his first round heat behind

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in a time of 20.64 seconds. He improved his time in the second round to 20.58 seconds, but only finished fourth behind

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and

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. His time was not enough to advance to the semi-finals.

Achievements

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**2nd (silver medal) in 2006 - 4 × 100 m (39.05) *

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**3rd in 2001 – 4 × 100 m (39.00) **3rd in 2003 – 200 m (20.53) **2nd in 2003 – 4 × 100 m (38.45) **2nd in 2004 – 4 × 100 m (38.68) **1st in 2006 – 4 × 100 m (39.07) **2nd in 2008 - 4 × 100 m (38.61) * European Youth Championships **1st (gold medal) in 2001 – 200 m (20.94) **2nd (silver medal) in 2003 – 200 m (20.39) * World Junior Championships **2nd (silver medal) in 2000 – 200 m (20.87) * European Junior Championships **2nd in 1999 – 4 × 100 m (39.67) *

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**1st in 1999 – 4 × 400 m (3:02.78) **1st in 2007 – 200 m (20.70) **2nd in 2007 - 4 × 100 m (39.52)

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* * * * * 1981 births Living people Polish male sprinters Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Śląsk Wrocław athletes Athletes from Wrocław Polish Athletics Championships winners Military World Games gold medalists for Poland Military World Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Military World Games silver medalists for Poland 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-sprint-athletics-bio-stub