Łukasz Krawczuk

Łukasz Krawczuk (Polish pronunciation: [ˈwukaʂ ˈkraft͡ʂuk]; born 15 June 1989) is a Polish sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.^[3] He has won two medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships.

Łukasz Krawczuk

Personal information
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1989-06-15) 15 June 1989 (age 33) Kłodzko, Poland
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)^[1]
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	Sprints
Club	WKS Śląsk Wrocław^[2]
Coached by	Maciej Wojsa
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Poland World Indoor Championships 2018 Birmingham 4 x 400 m European Championships 2016 Amsterdam 4 x 400 m 2014 Zürich 4 x 400 m European Indoor Championships 2017 Belgrade 4 × 400 m 2015 Prague 4 × 400 m European Team Championships 2019 Bydgoszcz 4x400 m European U23 Championships 2009 Kaunas 4 x 400 m 2011 Ostrava 4 x 400 m

Career

Krawczuk represented his country in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2013 World Championships, as well as two indoor World Championships in 2012 and 2014. He won the bronze medal with the Polish relay team at the 2014 European Championships and silver at the 2015 European Indoor Championships.

His personal bests in the event are 45.65 seconds outdoors (Szczecin 2014) and 46.31 seconds indoors (Prague 2015).

Krawczuk and his teammates qualified to the 4 × 400 metres relay final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Polish quartet of Karol Zalewski, Rafał Omelko, Łukasz Krawczuk, Jakub Krzewina broke the world indoor record in the men's 4x400m with a stunning finish to the final track event of the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. Krzewina overtook the leaders from the beginning - Americans on the last straight and achieved the greatest success in their career.^[4]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Poland
2009	European U23 Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	1st (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.13
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:09.31
	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	13th (h)	400 m	47.26
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.62
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:11.86
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	7th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.73
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	4th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.50
	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	19th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.16
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	16th (sf)	400 m	46.24
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.85
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	4th	400 m	46.31
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.97
	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	11th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.13
			4th	Distance medley relay	9:24.07
	World Championships	Beijing, China	11th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.72
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	12th (sf)	400 m	45.86
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.18
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.50
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.99
	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	3rd (B)	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.89
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.59
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.77 WIR
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	20th (sf)	400 m	45.78
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.27

References

1. . rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
2. "PZLA profile". domtel-sport.pl.
3. Łukasz Krawczuk at World Athletics
4. "Report: Men's 4X400m final – IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018". iaaf.org. IAAF. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.

External links

• at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (in Polish) (archived)
• Lukasz Krawczuk at the International Olympic Committee
• Lukasz Krawczuk at Olympics.com
• Łukasz Krawczuk at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

 

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