He belonged to the most famous and successful Polish relay team in the 1990s together with Tomasz Czubak, Piotr Haczek and Piotr Rysiukiewicz. Numerous injuries prevented them from joining the best relays of all time. The worst disaster happened in the Olympic Games in Sydney. The Polish team was one of the favourites to win a medal (after unstoppable U.S. really there were two main rivals: Jamaica and Bahamas). On the second leg (on the first ran Rysiukiewicz) Maćkowiak was leading, but he ran into a starting box (Polish team ran on the eighth lane) and Poland lost their medal chances. The relay finished seventh in the competition. Maćkowiak also competed in the individual race in which he finished fifth.
Maćkowiak was also one of the favourites in the World Championships in Edmonton 2001). His main rival was German runner Ingo Schultz who had best times in qualification runs. Maćkowiak was a candidate for silver but he got an injury a few days before final and he lost all medal chances. He also didn't start in the relay run which took place a few days after individual start.
He officially retired at the end of the 2006 season.
^ abcThe USA 4 x 400 team originally finished first in 4x400 m relay but was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.
robert, maćkowiak, born, 1970, rawicz, wielkopolskie, former, polish, sprinter, together, with, tomasz, czubak, jacek, bocian, piotr, haczek, gold, medal, metres, relay, 1999, world, championships, athletics, maćkowiak, also, other, relay, medals, well, indivi. Robert Mackowiak born 13 May 1970 in Rawicz Wielkopolskie 2 is a former Polish sprinter Together with Tomasz Czubak Jacek Bocian and Piotr Haczek he won the gold medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics 1 Mackowiak has also won other relay medals as well as individual medals in the 200 metres and 400 metres Rober MackowiakRober Mackowiak in 2007 Personal informationNationalityPolishBorn 1970 05 13 13 May 1970 age 52 Rawicz PolandHeight1 80 m 5 ft 11 in Weight78 kg 172 lb SportSportAthleticsEvent s 200 metres 400 metresMedal record Men s AthleticsRepresenting PolandEvent 1st 2nd 3rdOlympic Games 0 0 0World Championships 1 0 1World Indoor Championships 1 1 0European Championships 0 2 0European Indoor Championships 1 0 2Total 3 3 3World Championships1999 Seville 4 400m relay 1 1997 Athens 4 400 m relayWorld Indoor Championships2001Lisbon 4 400 m relay1999 Maebashi 4 400 m relayEuropean Championships1998 Budapest 400 m1998 Budapest 4 x 400 m relayEuropean Indoor Championships2002 Vienna 4 400 m relay1998 Valencia 400 m2002 Vienna 200 mHe belonged to the most famous and successful Polish relay team in the 1990s together with Tomasz Czubak Piotr Haczek and Piotr Rysiukiewicz Numerous injuries prevented them from joining the best relays of all time The worst disaster happened in the Olympic Games in Sydney The Polish team was one of the favourites to win a medal after unstoppable U S really there were two main rivals Jamaica and Bahamas On the second leg on the first ran Rysiukiewicz Mackowiak was leading but he ran into a starting box Polish team ran on the eighth lane and Poland lost their medal chances The relay finished seventh in the competition Mackowiak also competed in the individual race in which he finished fifth Mackowiak was also one of the favourites in the World Championships in Edmonton 2001 His main rival was German runner Ingo Schultz who had best times in qualification runs Mackowiak was a candidate for silver but he got an injury a few days before final and he lost all medal chances He also didn t start in the relay run which took place a few days after individual start He officially retired at the end of the 2006 season Contents 1 Competition record 2 Personal bests 3 See also 4 Notes 5 ReferencesCompetition record EditYear Competition Venue Position Event NotesRepresenting Poland1989 European Junior Championships Varazdin Yugoslavia 7th 200 m 21 591st 4 100 m relay 40 001991 World Championships Tokyo Japan 9th sf 4 100 m relay 39 081992 European Indoor Championships Genoa Italy 5th 200 m 21 761994 European Championships Helsinki Finland 6th 4 400 m relay 3 04 221995 World Championships Gothenburg Sweden 31st h 200 m 20 835th 4 400 m relay 3 03 841996 European Indoor Championships Stockholm Sweden 200 m DQOlympic Games Atlanta United States 20th qf 200 m 20 616th 4 400 m relay 3 00 961997 World Indoor Championships Paris France 4th 400 m 45 94World Championships Athens Greece 9th qf 400 m 45 26 NR 3rd 4 400 m relay 3 00 261998 European Indoor Championships Valencia Spain 3rd 400 m 46 00Goodwill Games Uniondale United States 2nd 4 400 m relay 2 58 00 NR European Championships Budapest Hungary 2nd 400 m 45 042nd 4 400 m relay 2 58 881999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi Japan 2nd 4 400 m relay 3 03 01 iAR World Championships Seville Spain 9th qf 400 m 45 231st 4 400 m relay 1 2 58 912000 Olympic Games Sydney Australia 5th 400 m 45 147th 4 400 m relay 3 03 222001 World Indoor Championships Lisbon Portugal 15th h 400 m 47 241st 4 400 m relay 3 04 47World Championships Edmonton Canada 3rd sf 400 m 44 84 3 2002 European Indoor Championships Vienna Austria 3rd 200 m 20 771st 4 400 m relay 3 05 50European Championships Munich Germany 4 400 m relay DQ2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid Spain 4 400 m relay DQWorld Championships Helsinki Finland 5th 4 400 m relay 3 00 58Personal bests EditOutdoor 200 metres 20 61 s 1996 400 metres 44 84 s 2001 Indoor 200 metres 20 68 s 2002 400 metres 45 94 s 1997 See also EditPolish records in athleticsNotes Edit a b c The USA 4 x 400 team originally finished first in 4x400 m relay but was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003 Sports Reference profile Did not finish in the finalReferences EditRobert Mackowiak at World Athletics Robert Mackowiak at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Robert Mackowiak amp oldid 991054262, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
