Bródka was born in Głowno, Poland, on 8 October 1984.[1] Since 2009, he has worked as a firefighter in the State Fire Service (Polish: Państwowa Straż Pożarna) station in Łowicz.[3] He represents a local sports club, UKS Błyskawica Domaniewice.[4] He is married to Agnieszka and has two daughters - Gabriela and Amelia.[5]
Competitive careeredit
Before becoming a long track speed skater, Bródka competed in middle-distance running and short track.[3] He often trains in Germany, as Poland lacks appropriate facilities for long track speed skating.[3][6] When he trains in Poland, Bródka is forced to improvise, including using roller skates to imitate ice skating movements.[3][6] In 2006, an accident prevented him from participating in the 2006 Winter Olympics.[3] In 2010, he made his Olympic debut in Vancouver, finishing 27th in the men's 1500 metres.[3] In the following years, he took part in several Polish and European championships, placing well and winning several competitions (a total of five gold medals until 2014) in Poland.[3][4]
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Zbigniew Marcin Brodka 2 Polish pronunciation ˈzbiɡɲɛv ˈbrutka born 8 October 1984 is a Polish speed skater and a 2014 Olympic champion in 1500 metres He also works as a firefighter in the State Fire Service station in Lowicz Zbigniew BrodkaBrodka in 2013Personal informationBorn 1984 10 08 8 October 1984 age 39 Glowno Lodz Voivodeship PolandHeight1 83 m 6 ft 0 in 1 Weight84 kg 185 lb SportCountryPolandSportSpeed skatingClubUKS Blyskawica DomaniewiceCoached byKrzysztof NiedzwiedzkiMedal record Men s speed skating Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 1 World Championships 0 0 1 European Championships 0 0 1 Total 1 0 3 Olympic Games 2014 Sochi 1500 m 2014 Sochi Team pursuit World Championships 2013 Sochi Team pursuit European Championships 2018 Kolomna Team pursuit Contents 1 Personal life 2 Competitive career 3 Personal records 4 References 5 External linksPersonal life editBrodka was born in Glowno Poland on 8 October 1984 1 Since 2009 he has worked as a firefighter in the State Fire Service Polish Panstwowa Straz Pozarna station in Lowicz 3 He represents a local sports club UKS Blyskawica Domaniewice 4 He is married to Agnieszka and has two daughters Gabriela and Amelia 5 Competitive career editBefore becoming a long track speed skater Brodka competed in middle distance running and short track 3 He often trains in Germany as Poland lacks appropriate facilities for long track speed skating 3 6 When he trains in Poland Brodka is forced to improvise including using roller skates to imitate ice skating movements 3 6 In 2006 an accident prevented him from participating in the 2006 Winter Olympics 3 In 2010 he made his Olympic debut in Vancouver finishing 27th in the men s 1500 metres 3 In the following years he took part in several Polish and European championships placing well and winning several competitions a total of five gold medals until 2014 in Poland 3 4 At the 2013 World Single Distance Championships Brodka helped Poland capture the bronze medal in the men s team pursuit with teammates Jan Szymanski and Konrad Niedzwiedzki 7 It was the first victory for Poland s male speed skaters in that discipline 8 In the 2012 13 season he also won the men s 1500 metres World Cup the first Polish speed skater to do so At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi he became the 2014 Olympic champion in 1500 metres winning by only 0 003 sec 3 He is the first Pole to receive a gold medal in this discipline 3 He won the bronze medal at the 2018 European Speed Skating Championships in the Team pursuit event in Kolomna with his teammates Jan Szymanski and Adrian Wielgat 9 He was chosen to be the flagbearer of the Polish team at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang same as at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing 10 Personal records edit nbsp Zbigniew Brodka won gold in the 1500 at the Sochi Olympics Personal records 11 Men s speed skating Event Result Date Location Notes 500 m 35 75 28 February 2015 Olympic Oval Calgary 1000 m 1 07 87 19 January 2013 Olympic Oval Calgary 1500 m 1 42 89 15 November 2013 Utah Olympic Oval Salt Lake City Current Polish record 12 3000 m 3 50 42 13 October 2012 Eisstadion Inzell Inzell 5000 m 6 27 79 7 March 2015 Olympic Oval Calgary 10000 m 14 07 99 31 October 2021 Tomaszow MazowieckiReferences edit a b Zbigniew Brodka sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 9 February 2014 ALE Wspiera uczestnikow DOZ Maraton Lodz 2019 ALE in Polish Retrieved 18 March 2019 a b c d e f g h i p mal Zbigniew Brodka zloty strazak z Domaniewic Rzeczpospolita Retrieved 16 February 2014 a b Brodka czyli blyskawica z Polski Mistrz prywatnie strazak Sport w TVN24 Sport tvn24 pl Retrieved 16 February 2014 Brodka ciesze sie ze dolaczylem do ikon polskiego sportu Eurosport onet pl 11 March 2013 Retrieved 16 February 2014 a b W Polsce cwiczy na desce jezdzi w Niemczech Tak trenuje Brodka Sport w TVN24 Sport tvn24 pl Retrieved 16 February 2014 Canadian speed skaters capture silver in team pursuit Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Press 3 March 2013 Retrieved 24 March 2013 MS w lyzwiarstwie szybkim historyczny medal Bialo Czerwonych Eurosport onet pl 24 March 2013 Retrieved 16 February 2014 ISU European Championships 2018 International Skating Union Pekin 2022 Natalia Czerwonka i Zbigniew Brodka chorazymi reprezentacji Polski Beijing 2022 Natalia Czerwonka and Zbigniew Brodka become flagbearers of the Polish national team www polsatsport pl in Polish Polsat Sport 25 January 2022 Retrieved 6 February 2022 Zbigniew Brodka speedskatingresults com Retrieved 23 December 2013 National Records Poland POL speedskatingresults com Retrieved 24 December 2013 External links editZbigniew Brodka in SpeedSkatingBase eu archived nbsp Zbigniew Brodka at SpeedSkatingNews info nbsp Zbigniew Brodka at SpeedSkatingStats com nbsp Zbigniew Brodka at ShortTrackOnLine info nbsp Zbigniew Brodka at Olympics com nbsp Zbigniew Brodka at Olympedia nbsp Zbigniew Brodka at the Polish Olympic Committee archived in Polish nbsp Olympic Games Preceded byDawid Kupczyk Flagbearer for nbsp PolandPyeongchang 2018 amp Beijing 2022 Succeeded byincumbent Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Zbigniew Brodka amp oldid 1190770149, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
