Michał Haratyk (born 10 April 1992 in

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) is a Polish athlete specialising in the

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Career

He made his international debut at the 2016 World Indoor Championships where he finished distant fourteenth despite having the third-farthest throw that indoor season. Later that year he achieved his biggest success to date by winning the silver medal in Amsterdam at the 2016 European Championships. His Olympic debut, however, was not as successful as he failed to qualify for the final at the Rio Games a month later. He achieved 21.97 metres outdoors at the 2018 IAAF Diamond League meeting in

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. His personal best indoors is 21.47 metres (

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, 2018). In 2018, he set the new Polish record in shot put by achieving 22.08 metres at the

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meeting. In 2019, he beat his previous record by achieving 22.32 metres at a sports meeting in Warsaw, which makes it the best result by a European shot putter in 21st century and moves him to fifth on the European outdoor all-time list. Haratyk's older brother, Łukasz, was also a shot putter.

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Michał Haratyk
at the ''Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki'' * * * 1992 births Living people Polish male shot putters Sportspeople from Cieszyn Athletes from Silesian Voivodeship Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland European Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships winners Polish Athletics Championships winners European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Polish sportsmen European Games competitors for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics {{Poland-shotput-athletics-bio-stub