Adam Kszczot

Adam Kszczot

Kszczot at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1989-09-02) 2 September 1989 Opoczno, Poland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	800 metres
Club	RKS Łódź
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400 metres: 46.51[1] 800 metres: 1:43.30[1]
Medal record Competitor for  Poland Men's athletics World Indoor Championships Silver 2014 Sopot 800 m Bronze 2010 Doha 800 m European Championships Gold 2014 Zürich 800 m Bronze 2010 Barcelona 800 m European Indoor Championships Gold 2011 Paris 800 m Gold 2013 Gothenburg 800 m

Adam Kszczot (pronounced ; born 2 September 1989) is a Polish middle distance runner, who specializes in the 800 metres.

Biography

Adam used to work at his parent's farm when he was young. He reached the international level after competing in local and then national events. He won the bronze medal at 2007 European Junior Championships, finished fourth at the 2008 World Junior Championships and won the 2009 European U23 Championships. He finished fourth at the 2009 European Indoor Championships competed at the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final.

He won the bronze medal at the 2010 World Indoor Championships and the 2010 European Championships, as well as the gold at the 2011 European Indoor Championships. He reached the final at the 2011 World Championships finishing sixth. His outdoor personal best is 1:43.30 minutes, achieved on 10 September 2011 in Rieti.

He broke Paweł Czapiewski's ten-year-old Polish indoor record at the 2012 Meeting Pas de Calais. Kszczot's time of 1:44.57 minutes made him the third fastest indoor runner ever after Wilson Kipketer and Yuriy Borzakovskiy. Vazel, Pierre-Jean (2012-02-15). With this result Kszczot went to the 2012 World Indoor Championships as a medal favourite, he, however, finished disappointing fourth. In his Olympic debut in London he placed third in his semifinal round failing to qualify for the final.

He started well the 2013 season by successfully defending his title at the European Indoor Championships, the first man to do so in 42 years.

On August 15, 2014 he won the men’s 800m final at the 2014 European Athletics Championships with a time of 1:44:15 after a blistering last 100m sprint. ^[2]

Competition record

References

External links

• Adam Kszczot profile at IAAF