Piotr Małachowski

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Piotr Małachowski
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Piotr Małachowski in 2011
Personal information
Nationality Polish
Born (1983-06-07) 7 June 1983 (age 40)
Żuromin, Poland
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Weight 130 kg (290 lb) (2012)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Discus throw
Club Śląsk Wrocław
Coached by Witold Suski

Piotr Małachowski (born 7 June 1983) is a Polish discus thrower, silver medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics. His personal best throw is 71,84 metres (235' 8"), ranks Him fifth in all-time longest discus throw distances, achieved on 8 June 2013 at Hengelo, the Netherlands. Piotr's throwing distances are seen as even more remarkable as he is not as tall as most discus throwers (Malachowski is one inch shorter than current Beijing Olympic champion Gerd Kanter and three inches shorter than current world champion Robert Harting and discus great Virgillius Alekna. The typical height of a discus thrower is between 1.95 and 2.00 m (6 ft 5 in and 6 ft 7 in) . Despite his height disadvantage, Malachowski makes up for it with his incredible ring speed. Malachowski is seen as one of the quickest discus throwers in the ring of all time, closely followed by Róbert Fazekas.

2008

On August 19, 2008 he won an Olympic silver medal in discus throw.

2009 season

23 May in Halle throw 68.75 m a new PB and NR.

On 14 July was second in IAAF Golden League Berlin, Germany with a throw 67.70 m. He was beaten by Gerd Kanter 67.88 m.

With an injured finger he took a silver medal with a fantastic national record 69.15 m at World Championships in Berlin.

2010 season

He took victory in Golden Gala, IAAF Diamond League 68.78 m. Gerd Kanter was second with 67.69 m and another win in British Grand Prix with national record 69.83 m.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Poland
2001 European Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 5th 52.37 m
2002 World Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 6th 60.46 m (1.75 kg)
2003 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 9th 54.79 m
2005 European U23 Championships Erfurt, Germany 2nd 63.99 m
2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 6th 64.57 m
World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 6th 62.50 m
European Cup Malaga, Spain 1st 66.21 m
2007 European Cup Munich, Germany 1st 66.09 m
World Championships Osaka, Japan 12th 60.77 m
World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 3rd 65.35 m
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 2nd 67.82 m
World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 2nd 66.07 m
2009 European Team Championships Leiria, Portugal 1st 66.24 m
World Championships Berlin, Germany 2nd 69.15 m
World Athletics Final Thessaloniki, Greece 3rd 65.60 m
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 1st 68.87 m Championships Record
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 9th 63.37 m
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 5th 67.19 m
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 2nd 68.36 m
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 4th 63.54 m
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 1st 67.40 m

For his sport achievements, he received:
Golden Cross of Merit Golden Cross of Merit in 2008.
Golden Medal for Merit for Country Defence Golden Medal for Merit for Country Defence in 2009.
Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (5th Class) in 2009.

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