Paweł Czapiewski

Paweł Czapiewski

150px Paweł Czapiewski in 2007
Medal record
Men’s Athletics
Representing Poland
World Championships
	2001 Edmonton	800 m
European Indoor Championships
	2002 Vienna	800 m

Paweł Czapiewski (born 30 March 1978 in Stargard Szczeciński) is a former Polish 800 metres runner.

He came third in the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton in a personal best time of 1:44.63 minutes. Later that month he lowered it to 1:43.22 min. He later won the 2002 European Indoor Athletics Championships.

He has officially retired on 21 July 2012 at the Janusz Kusociński Memorial having earlier failed to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games.

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 600 m – 1:16.83 (Kraków 2008)
• 800 m – 1:43.22 (Zürich 2001 NR)
• 1000 m – 2:17.22 (Kraków 2002)
• 1500 m – 3:40.14 (Biala Podlaska 2005)

Indoor

• 800 m – 1:44.78 (Wien 2002 NR)
• 1000 m – 2:19.00 (Erfurt 2001 NR)
• 1500 m – 3:38.96 (Stuttgart 2002)

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Poland
1996	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	22nd (h)	800 m	1:53.02
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	27th (h)	800 m	1:49.24
1999	European U23 Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	3rd	800 m	1:46.98
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	6th	800 m	1:50.51
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	3rd	800 m	1:44.63
	Goodwill Games	Brisbane, Australia	4th	800 m	1:47.21
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	1st	800 m	1:44.78
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	4th	800 m	1:47.92
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	16th (sf)	800 m	1:46.33
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	35th (h)	800 m	1:47.66
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	10th (h)	800 m	1:51.39

See also

• Polish records in athletics

References

• Paweł Czapiewski profile at IAAF