Piotr Markiewicz (born 23 September 1973 in Sejny, Podlaskie) is a Polish sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s (decade). At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he won the bronze medal in the K-1 500 m event.
Known for his devastating sprint finish, Markiewicz won his first national champion 1993. Initially representing in the K-4 event, he won two medals in the K-4 events at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with silvers in 1993 (K-4 10000 m) and 1994 (K-4 1000 m).
Markiewicz's personality better suited him to the individual K-1 events where he won the K-1 200 m and K-1 500 m events at the 1995
As reigning world champion, he went to the 1996 Games as favorite in the K-1 500 m event, but did not live up to expectations. Markiewicz ended up settling for bronze in the K-1 500 m event after finishing fourth in the K-4 1000 m event.
After the Olympics, he won his last medal in 1999 with a silver medal in the K-4 200 m event. Markiewicz retired in 2001 after a car accident.
Markiewicz was a member of the Sparta Augustów club. He is 184 cm (6'0") tall and raced at 84 kg (185 lbs).
For his sport achievements, he received: Silver Cross of Merit in 1996.
ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
Polish Canoe Federation profile and interview (in Polish)
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piotr, markiewicz, born, september, 1973, sejny, podlaskie, polish, sprint, canoeist, competed, from, early, 1990s, early, 2000s, decade, 1996, summer, olympics, atlanta, bronze, medal, event, medal, recordmen, canoe, sprintevent, 3rdolympic, games, 1world, ch. Piotr Markiewicz born 23 September 1973 in Sejny Podlaskie is a Polish sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s decade At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta he won the bronze medal in the K 1 500 m event Piotr Markiewicz Medal recordMen s canoe sprintEvent 1st 2nd 3rdOlympic Games 0 0 1World Championships 2 3 0European Championships 0 0 3Total 2 3 3Olympic Games1996 Atlanta K 1 500 mWorld Championships1995 Duisburg K 1 200 m1995 Duisburg K 1 500 m1993 Copenhagen K 4 10000 m1994 Mexico City K 4 1000 m1999 Milan K 4 200 mEuropean Championships1997 Plovdiv K4 200 m1997 Plovdiv K4 1000 mKnown for his devastating sprint finish Markiewicz won his first national champion 1993 Initially representing in the K 4 event he won two medals in the K 4 events at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with silvers in 1993 K 4 10000 m and 1994 K 4 1000 m Markiewicz s personality better suited him to the individual K 1 events where he won the K 1 200 m and K 1 500 m events at the 1995As reigning world champion he went to the 1996 Games as favorite in the K 1 500 m event but did not live up to expectations Markiewicz ended up settling for bronze in the K 1 500 m event after finishing fourth in the K 4 1000 m event After the Olympics he won his last medal in 1999 with a silver medal in the K 4 200 m event Markiewicz retired in 2001 after a car accident Markiewicz was a member of the Sparta Augustow club He is 184 cm 6 0 tall and raced at 84 kg 185 lbs For his sport achievements he received Silver Cross of Merit in 1996 References editICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships Part 1 flatwater now sprint 1936 2007 at the Wayback Machine archived 2010 01 05 ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships Part 2 rest of flatwater now sprint and remaining canoeing disciplines 1936 2007 at WebCite archived 2009 11 09 Photo 1 Polish Canoe Federation profile and interview in Polish Sports reference com profile nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Polish canoeist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Polish Olympic medalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Piotr Markiewicz amp oldid 1190771221, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
