Dawid Tomala (born 27 August 1989 in Tychy) is a Polish race walker. He is the reigning Olympic champion in the 50 kilometres walk, having won the gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Tomala also represented his country at the 2012 London Olympics, finishing 19th in the 20 km walk.
Career and personal life He began race walking in 2003 at the UKS Maraton Korzeniowski club in Bieruń, Poland. He is coached by his father, Grzegorz Tomala. Dawid won multiple Polish national titles in racewalking.
Competition record 2008World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland8th10,000 m walk42:33.602009European Race Walking CupMetz, France16th20 km walk1:30:563rdTeam – 20 km40 ptsEuropean U23 ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania7th20 km walk1:25:262010World Race Walking CupChihuahua, Mexico36th20 km walk1:29:21European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain19th20 km walk1:25:502011European U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic1st20 km walk1:24:212012World Race Walking CupSaransk, Russia—20 km walkDNFOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom19th20 km walk1:21:552013European Race Walking CupDudince, Slovakia—20 km walkDNFWorld ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia—20 km walkDNF2016World Race Walking Team ChampionshipsRome, Italy35th20 km walk1:23:072018World Race Walking Team ChampionshipsTaicang, China48th20 km walk1:29:04European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany19th20 km walk1:25:062019European Race Walking CupAlytus, Lithuania33rd20 km walk1:27:31World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar32nd20 km walk1:38:152021Olympic GamesSapporo, Japan1st50 km walk3:50:082022World ChampionshipsEugene, OR, United States19th35 km walk2:30:47
Personal bests 3000 metres race walk – 10:56.98 (Šamorín 2018) 3000 metres race walk indoor – 10:58.89 (Glasgow 2018) 5000 metres race walk – 19:16.93 (Gdańsk 2013) 5000 metres race walk indoor – 19:13.16 (Spała 2013) 10,000 metres race walk – 40:17.62 (Lublin 2018) 10 kilometres race walk – 40:11 (Katowice 2013) 20 kilometres race walk – 1:20:30 (Olomouc 2013)
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