Paweł Rakoczy (born 15 May 1987 in

Złotoryja Złotoryja (; , ; Latin: ''Aureus Mons'', ''Aurum'') is a historic town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in southwestern Poland, the administrative seat of Złotoryja County, and of the smaller Gmina Złotoryja. Złotoryja is the first town in Pola ...

) is a Polish

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. He competed in the

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and in the

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at the

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, placing 28th with a mark of 77.36 metres. In 2008 he was warned after testing positive for

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.IAAF
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iaaf.org, 5 December 2008 Rakoczy's personal best is 84.99 metres, achieved in 2012.

Seasonal bests by year

*2005 - 68.84 *2006 - 72.36 *2008 - 77.71 *2009 - 79.73 *2010 - 78.13 *2011 - 82.53 *2012 - 84.99 *2013 - 74.88 *2014 - 74.29

References

1987 births Living people Polish male javelin throwers Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Złotoryja Athletes from Lower Silesian Voivodeship 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-javelinthrow-athletics-bio-stub