Polish middle-distance runner

World Championships2019 Doha1500 mWorld Indoor Championships2018 Birmingham1500 mIAAF World Relays2014 N*au4 x 800 m2015 N*au4 × 800 mEuropean Championships2010 Barcelona800 m2016 Amsterdam800 m2018 Berlin1500 mEuropean Indoor Championships2015 Prague800 m2017 Belgrade1500 m2019 Glasgow1500 m2011 Paris800 m2021 Toruń1500 mEuropean Team Championships2019 Bydgoszcz1500 m2015 Cheboksary1500 m2010 Bergen800 m2013 Gateshead1500 m2014 Braunschweig1500 mEuropean Athletics U23 Championships2007 Debrecen800 m2009 Kaunas800 mRepresenting EuropeContinental Cup2018 Ostrava1500 m

Marcin Przemysław Lewandowski (Polish pronunciation: ; born 13 June 1987) is a Polish professional soldier and middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres and 1500 metres.

Contents

• 1 Personal life
• 2 Clubs
• 3 Running career
  • 3.1 Youth career
  • 3.2 Senior career
• 4 Compe*ion record
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Personal life

Lewandowski was born in Szczecin on 13 June 1987.

He is a proffessional soldier in the Polish Army.

He is a graduate of physical education at the University of Szczecin with a masters dissertation *led "Marcin Lewandowski's 800m distance yearly preparation programme" (Polish: Roczny cykl przygotowań Marcina Lewandowskiego na dystansie 800 metrów).

Clubs

He started his career in 2002 as an unaffiliated athlete. In the beginning he was coached by his brother, and represented Błękitni Osowa Sień. Since 2005 he represented Ósemka Police, and since July 2010 Zawisza Bydgoszcz. He left Zawisza and joined Benfica in Portugal in 2019, and in 2021 he joined AZS UMCS Lublin.

Running career

Lewandowski is coached by his brother, Tomasz.

Youth career

Lewandowski finished fourth at the 2006 World Junior Championships, won the 2007 European U23 Championships, and won the silver medal at the 2009 European U23 Championships behind countryfellow Adam Kszczot.

Marcin Lewandowski running the Back Bay Mile at the Adidas Boost Boston Games in 2019

Senior career

Lewandowski competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final, but then finished sixth at the 2009 European Indoor Championships and eighth at the 2009 World Championships. His first medal of 2010 was a bronze, as he was third behind Yuriy Borzakovskiy and Michael Rimmer at the 2010 European Team Championships. Lewandowski won the 800:m at the 2010 European Athletics Championships and took the silver medal behind David Rudisha at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup.

Lewandowski improved his indoor best to 1:46.17 minutes at the Spark*en Cup in February 2011, coming third.

In 2017, he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 × 800 metres relay at the 2017 IAAF World Relays held in N*au, Bahamas.

Compe*ion record

References

External links

• Official website
• Marcin Lewandowski at World Athletics
• Marcin Lewandowski at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Polish profile (in Polish)