Dariusz Kowaluk (born 16 April 1996) is a Polish sprinter specialising in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...

. Kowaluk was born to Teresa and Miroslaw in Wlodawa in the Lublin region. He won a silver medal in the

4 × 400 metres relay The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track and field, track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap, totaling 1600 meters. It is traditionally the final event of ...

at the 2017 European U23 Championships as well as gold in the

mixed 4 × 400 metres relay The mixed 4 × 400 metres relay is a Mixed-sex sports, mixed-sex 4 × 400 metres relay in which teams field two men and two women. Initially, teams were free to arrange participants in any order. This created scenarios where mixed genders run o ...

at the

2020 Summer Olympic Games The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

. Kowaluk was a student of journalism at Cardinal Stefan Wyszński University in Warsaw. During his studies he was able to train between classes as his training ground was close to the university.

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor *

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at ...

– 10.57 (+1.1 m/s, Szczecin 2018) *

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slight ...

– 20.95 (+0.8 m/s, Szczecin 2018) *

– 46.06 (Lublin 2018) Indoor *

– 21.71 (Spała 2018) *

– 46.95 (Toruń 2018)

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Dariusz Kowaluk
at the ''Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki'' * * * 1996 births Living people Polish male sprinters Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic gold medalists for Poland Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Poland Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade People from Włodawa 21st-century Polish sportsmen Athletes from Lublin Voivodeship {{Poland-sprint-athletics-bio-stub