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Adam Kszczot

Polish middle-distance runnerMen's athleticsRepresenting :PolandWorld Championships2015 Beijing800:m2017 London800:mWorld Indoor Championships2018 Birmingham800 m2014 Sopot800 m2010 Doha800 mIAAF World Relays2014 N*au4 x 800 m2015 N*au4× 800 mWorld Indoor TourWinner2016800 mWinner2018800 mEuropean Championships2014 Zürich800 m2016 Amsterdam800 m2018 Berlin800 m2010 Barcelona800 mEuropean Indoor Championships2011 Paris800 m2013 Gothenburg800 m2017 Belgrade800 mEuropean Team Championships2011 Stockholm800 m2013 Gateshead800 m 2019 Bydgoszcz 800 m2014 Braunschweig800 m2015 Cheboksary800 mEuropean Athletics U23 Championships2009 Kaunas800 m2011 Ostrava800 mEuropean Junior Championships 2007 Ljubljana800 m

Adam Piotr Kszczot (pronounced ; born 2 September 1989) is a retired Polish middle-distance runner, who specialized in the 800 metres. His achievements include a gold medal at the 2018 World Indoor Championships as well as silver medals at the 2014 World Indoor Championships, 2015 and 2017 World Championships in addition to multiple medals on European level. He twice competed at the Olympic Games, in 2012 and 2016, narrowly missing the final on both occasions.

Kszczot won 13 individual Polish *les (in- and outdoors, including two 1500 metres *les). He is the current Polish national record holder for the indoor 800 metres.

Contents

  • 1 Personal life
  • 2 Career
  • 3 Achievements
    • 3.1 International compe*ions
    • 3.2 Circuit wins
  • 4 References
  • 5 External links

Personal life

Kszczot was born and raised in Opoczno by his parents, mother Ewa - a former mathematics teacher and father Stanisław Kszczot, a carpenter. He has two sisters, Agata and Ewa. His older brother Jacek died at age 17 as a result of electric shock during agricultural work. He graduated from the Lodz University of Technology in Management. In October 2014 he married Renata (nee Borkowska). In October 2017 his wife gave birth to their son named Ignacy.

Career

Kszczot reached the international level after competing in local and then national events. He won the bronze medal at the 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 and competed at the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final.

Kszczot 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.

Kszczot broke Paweł Czapiewski's ten-year-old Polish indoor record at the 2012 Meeting Pas de Calais. His time of 1:44.57 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. However, he finished a 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 *le at the European Indoor Championships, the first man to do so in 42 years.

Adam Kszczot at the 2020 Golden Spike in Ostrava

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.

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. He won the silver medal in the 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships held in London.

Adam Kszczot during the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships Kszczot celebrates a silver medal of the 2017 World Championships.

On March 3, 2018 Kszczot claimed his first *le of World Indoor Champion in the 800 meters. He controlled the final run, the pace of which was quite slow and won with a large advantage over American Drew Windle and Spanish Saúl Ordóñez. He dedicated his gold medal to his 5-month-old son Ignacy. In August, Kszczot added the European outdoor *le at the event.

Achievements

International compe*ions

Circuit wins

  • Diamond League, 800 metres events
    • 2012: London
    • 2014: Stockholm, Brussels (1000m)
    • 2015: Zürich, Brussels
    • 2016: Brussels
    • 2017: Roma

References

    External links

    • Adam Kszczot at World Athletics
    • Adam Kszczot at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (in Polish) (archived)
    • Adam Kszczot at the International Olympic Committee
    • Adam Kszczot at Olympics.com
    • Adam Kszczot at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)