Piotr Haczek (born 26 January 1977 in Żywiec, Śląskie) is a Polish former athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. An outdoor and indoor world champion in the 4 × 400 metres relay, his success came mainly in relay, his best individual performance being a gold medal at the 1999 European Under 23 Championships. After retiring from competition he became an athletics coach: among the roles he has held are sports director and head coach of the Polish Athletic Association and sprints coach for Scottish Athletics.
Personal bests 100 metres - 10.58 (1998) 200 metres - 20.97 (2000) 400 metres - 45.43 (2000)
Achievements Representing 1995European Junior ChampionshipsNyíregyháza, Hungary6th400 m47.42 3rd4 × 400 m relay3:09.651996World Junior ChampionshipsSydney, Australia5th400 m46.296th4 × 400 m relay3:08.04Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States6th4 × 400 m relay3:00.961997European U23 ChampionshipsTurku, Finland 2nd400 m45.72 1st4 × 400 m relay3:03.07World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece 3rd4 × 400 m relay3:00.261998Goodwill GamesUniondale, United States2nd4 × 400 m relay2:58.00 (NR)European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary5th400 m45.46 2nd4 × 400 m relay2:58.881999World Indoor ChampionshipsMaebashi, Japan 2nd4 × 400 m relay3:03.01 (iAR)European U23 ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden 1st400 m45.78 2nd4 × 400 m relay3:03.22World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain 1st4 × 400 m relay2:58.912000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia12th (sf)400 m45.666th4 × 400 m relay3:03.222001World Indoor ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal 1st4 × 400 m relay3:04.47World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada 3rd4 × 400 m relay2:59.71
See also Polish records in athletics
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