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Nationality | Polish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1983-06-07) 7 June 1983 (age 41) Żuromin, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 130 kg (287 lb) (2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Discus throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Śląsk Wrocław | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Witold Suski (–2019) Gerd Kanter (2019–) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Piotr Małachowski (Polish pronunciation: ; born 7 June 1983) is a Polish retired discus thrower, two-time silver medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics. His personal best throw is 71.84 metres, ranks him fifth in all-time longest discus throw distances, achieved on 8 June 2013 at Hengelo, the Netherlands.
Career
Małachowski's throwing distances are seen as even more remarkable as he is not as tall as most discus throwers. Małachowski is one inch shorter than Beijing Olympic champion Gerd Kanter and three inches shorter than world champion Robert Harting and discus great Virgillius Alekna. The typical height of a discus thrower is between 1.95 and 2.00 m (6 ft 5 in and 6 ft 7 in). Despite his height disadvantage, Małachowski makes up for it with his incredible ring speed. Malachowski is seen as one of the quickest discus throwers in the ring of all time, closely followed by Róbert Fazekas.
On 19 August 2008, he won an Olympic silver medal in discus throw (67.82 m) placing behind Gerd Kanter (68.82 m). On 23 May 2009, in Halle he threw 68.75 m with a new PB and NR. On 14 July 2009, he was second in IAAF Golden League Berlin, Germany (67.70 m) to be only beaten by Gerd Kanter (67.88 m).
With an injured finger, Małachowski took a silver medal (69.15 m - NR) at 2009 World Championships in Berlin.
In 2010, he took victory in Golden Gala, IAAF Diamond League (68.78 m), beating second-placed Gerd Kanter (67.69 m), and another win in British Grand Prix (69.83 m - NR).
On 13 August 2016, Małachowski won his second Olympic silver (67.55 m), being surprisingly beaten by German Christoph Harting (68.37 m - PB). He announced shortly afterwards that he would sell his Olympic silver medal to raise funds for a 3-year-old boy with a rare form of cancer. The medal was sold at an auction a few days later.
Achievements
For his sport achievements, he received:
Golden Cross of Merit in 2008.
Golden Medal for Merit for Country Defence in 2009.
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (5th Class) in 2009.
See also
References
- "Polish athlete puts Olympic medal up for sale to help boy with cancer". Reuters. 19 August 2016.
- Imam, Jareen (27 August 2016). "Olympian sells medal to fund child's cancer treatment". CNN.
External links
- Piotr Małachowski at World Athletics
- Piotr Małachowski at European Athletics
- Piotr Małachowski at the Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki (in Polish)
- Piotr Małachowski at Olympedia (archive)
- Piotr Małachowski at Olympics.com
- Piotr Małachowski at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (archive) (in Polish)
- MALACHOWSKI rzutyiskoki.pl at the Wayback Machine (archived 25 September 2011) (in Polish)
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Polish male discus throwers
- Olympic athletes for Poland
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Poland
- People from Żuromin County
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes from Masovian Voivodeship
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Śląsk Wrocław athletes
- Skra Warszawa athletes
- Diamond League winners
- Polish Athletics Championships winners
- World Athletics Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Polish sportsmen