Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

2009 World Championships in Athletics

The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....

from 15–23 August. A team of over 40 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards

2009 World Championships in Athletics qualification standards

The following marks are the A and B qualification standards for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. Each country may send a maximum of four athletes who have attained the A qualification mark in each specific event. A maximum of three athletes can compete in that event, with the sole...

. The squad includes both Polish athletes who were 2008 Olympics medalists

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last 10 days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium. The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking...

: Tomasz Majewski

Tomasz Majewski

Tomasz Majewski is a Polish Olympic gold medalist shot putter. He is 204 cm tall and weighs 140 kg ....

 (gold at shot put and 2009 world leaders
) and Piotr Małachowski (silver at discus throw). Anna Rogowska

Anna Rogowska

Anna Rogowska is a Polish pole vaulter, current reigning World Champion.-Career:Born in Gdynia, she won the bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics, narrowly beating Monika Pyrek, another Polish pole vaulter born in Gdynia. Early 2005 brought success as she won the silver medal in the European Indoor...

 (third in 2004 Olympics at pole vault) and Szymon Ziółkowski (2000 Olympic champion in the hammer throw

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's hammer throw

The Men's Hammer Throw at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday, September 23 and Sunday, September 24....

) also participated in the Championships.
In the women's hammer throw, Anita Włodarczyk of Poland won gold medal with a distance of 77,96m, which is a new world record.

Poland won 8 medals in the Championships and has 5th rank among all participating countries Medal Table. It is the best result of Poland of all World Championships in Athletics.

Team selection

Track and road events

Event	Athletes
	Men	Women
100 meters	Dariusz Kuć Dariusz Kuc Dariusz Kuć is a Polish sprint athlete. His personal best time over 100 metres is 10.15 seconds, achieved in June 2011 in Kraków....	Marika Popowicz Marika Popowicz Marika Popowicz is a Polish track and field athlete who specialises in sprinting.She made her first major appearances in 2005, finishing in sixth place in the 200 metres at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics and helping the Polish women's 4×100 metres relay team to a gold medal at the...
200 meters	—	—
400 meters	Marcin Marciniszyn Marcin Marciniszyn Marcin Marciniszyn is a Polish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:Outdoor*200 metres - 21.07 s *400 metres - 45.27 s Indoor...	—
800 meters	Adam Kszczot Adam Kszczot Adam Kszczot is a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.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...   Marcin Lewandowski Marcin Lewandowski Marcin Lewandowski is a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.His personal best is 1:43.84 minutes, achieved in July 2009 in Monaco.He was born in Szczecin...	Anna Zagórska-Rostkowska
1500 meters	—	Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka is a Polish middle distance runner, who mostly competes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres....   Sylwia Ejdys Sylwia Ejdys Sylwia Ejdys is a Polish middle distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres. She competed in the event at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Her personal best for the distance is 4:02.30 minutes....
5000 meters	—	—
10,000 meters	—	—
Marathon Marathon The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...	Henryk Szost	—
3000 m steeplechase	Tomasz Szymkowiak Tomasz Szymkowiak Tomasz Szymkowiak is a Polish track and field athlete who mainly competes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.-Achievements:-References:...	Katarzyna Kowalska Katarzyna Kowalska Katarzyna Kowalska is a Polish long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She represented Poland at the 2008 Olympic Games and reached the final of the 2009 World Championships in Athletics...
100 meter hurdles	—	Joanna Kocielnik Joanna Kocielnik Joanna Henryka Kocielnik is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Poland.Kocielnik represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4 x 100 metres relay together with Daria Korczyńska, Dorota Jędrusińska and Marta Jeschke...
110 meter hurdles	Artur Noga Artur Noga Artur Noga is a Polish athlete. He mainly competes in the 110 metres hurdles. He finished 5th at the 2008 Summer Olympics in a time of 13.36s. His personal best time of 13.34s was set in the semi final in Beijing....	—
400 meter hurdles	—	Anna Jesień Anna Jesien Anna Jesień, née Olichwierczuk is a Polish hurdler.She won the bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich...
20 km race walk	Artur Brzozowski  Jakub Jelonek Jakub Jelonek Jakub Jelonek is a Polish race walker.-Achievements:-References:...	Agnieszka Dygacz
50 km race walk	Rafał Augustyn Rafał Augustyn (athlete) Rafał Augustyn is a Polish race walker.-Achievements:-References:...   Rafał Fedaczyński  Grzegorz Sudoł
4×100 meter relay	Michal Bielczyk  Dariusz Kuc Dariusz Kuc Dariusz Kuć is a Polish sprint athlete. His personal best time over 100 metres is 10.15 seconds, achieved in June 2011 in Kraków....   Mikolaj Lewanski  Rafal Kubaczyk  DNS	Iwona Ziolkowska  Marta Jeschke Marta Jeschke Marta Jeschke is a Polish sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. Her personal best time is 23.41 seconds, achieved in August 2007 in Bochum. She has 11.79 seconds in the 100 metres....   Dorota Jedrusinska Dorota Jedrusinska Dorota Jędrusińska, née Dydo is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Poland. She is married to a fellow Polish sprinter Marcin Jędrusiński....   Iwona Brzezinska  Joanna Kocielnik Joanna Kocielnik Joanna Henryka Kocielnik is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Poland.Kocielnik represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4 x 100 metres relay together with Daria Korczyńska, Dorota Jędrusińska and Marta Jeschke...  (res.)
4×400 meter relay	Marcin Marciniszyn Marcin Marciniszyn Marcin Marciniszyn is a Polish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:Outdoor*200 metres - 21.07 s *400 metres - 45.27 s Indoor...   Piotr Klimczak Piotr Klimczak Piotr Klimczak is a Polish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-References:...   Kacper Kozlowski  Jan Ciepiela  Rafal Wieruszewski Rafal Wieruszewski Rafal Wieruszewski is a Polish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-References:...  (elim.)	—

Field and combined events

Event	Athletes
	Men	Women
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Sylwester Bednarek Sylwester Bednarek Sylwester Bednarek is a Polish high jumper.He was born in Głowno. His best achievement so far is the bronze medal at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin...   Grzegorz Sposób Grzegorz Sposób Grzegorz Sposób is a Polish high jumper. He finished sixth at the 2003 World Championships in Paris with a jump of 2.29 metres. The next year he competed in the 2004 Olympics, but failed to qualify from his pool....	Kamila Stepaniuk
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Łukasz Michalski Łukasz Michalski Łukasz Michalski is a Polsh pole vaulter.-Achievements:-References:...	Joanna Piwowarska  Monika Pyrek Monika Pyrek Monika Pyrek is a Polish pole vaulter.Born in Gdynia, competing at the 2004 Olympics, she placed fourth with 4.55 metres, just behind another Polish pole vaulter born in Gdynia, Anna Rogowska. Monika Pyrek won a silver medal in the 2005 World Championships in Athletics with the result 4.60 m...   Anna Rogowska Anna Rogowska Anna Rogowska is a Polish pole vaulter, current reigning World Champion.-Career:Born in Gdynia, she won the bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics, narrowly beating Monika Pyrek, another Polish pole vaulter born in Gdynia. Early 2005 brought success as she won the silver medal in the European Indoor...
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	—	Teresa Dobija
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	—	Małgorzata Trybańska
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Tomasz Majewski Tomasz Majewski Tomasz Majewski is a Polish Olympic gold medalist shot putter. He is 204 cm tall and weighs 140 kg ....	—
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Piotr Małachowski	Żaneta Glanc Żaneta Glanc Żaneta Glanc is a female discus thrower from Poland. Her personal best is 63.99 metres, achieved in August 2011 in Shenzhen....   Wioletta Potępa Wioletta Potepa Wioletta Potępa is a female discus thrower from Poland. Her personal best throw is 66.01 metres, achieved in May 2006 in Halle.-Achievements:-References:...   Joanna Wiśniewska Joanna Wisniewska Joanna Wiśniewska is a female discus thrower from Poland. Her personal best throw is 63.97 metres, achieved at the 1999 Summer Universiade in Palma. She competed at the 2004 and Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics....
Hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Szymon Ziółkowski	Anita Włodarczyk
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Igor Janik Igor Janik Igor Janik is a male javelin thrower from Poland. His personal best throw is 84.76m achieved in 2008.-Achievements:-References:*...   Adrian Markowski	Barbara Madejczyk Barbara Madejczyk Barbara Madejczyk is a retired female javelin thrower from Poland. Her personal best throw is 64.08 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Malaga.-Achievements:-References:...   Urszula Piwnicka Urszula Piwnicka Urszula Piwnicka, née Jasińska is a female javelin thrower from Poland. Her personal best throw is 62.34 metres, achieved in May 2007 in Sopot.-Achievements:-References:...
Heptathlon Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...		Kamila Chudzik Kamila Chudzik Kamila Chudzik is a Polish athlete. She won the bronze medal in heptathlon at the Berlin World Championship in August 2009.For her sport achievements, she received: Golden Cross of Merit in 2009.-External links:...   Karolina Tymińska Karolina Tyminska Karolina Tymińska is a Polish heptathlete.Her personal best in indoor pentathlon result is 4769 points, achieved in July 2008 in Spała. In heptathlon her personal best result is 6544 achieved in August 2011 in Daegu....
Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...	—

External links

• Official competition website