Konrad Bukowiecki (; born 17 March 1997) is a Polish athlete competing primarily in the

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. He won the silver medal at the

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, gold medals at the

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and 2019 European Under-23 Championships, and gold at the 2017 European Indoor Championships. In 2014 at age 17, Bukowiecki was the World junior champion and, the following year, European junior champion; he was voted

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Male Rising Star of the Year that season. He is the Polish indoor record holder and a four-time national champion.

Career

Bukowiecki is coached by his father. He won the gold medal at the 2014 World Junior Championships and at the

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. In addition, he currently holds the junior indoor world record with the 6 kg implement, as well as world youth indoor bests with the 6 kg and 5 kg implements. In his debut at the senior level competition, he finished sixth at the 2015 European Indoor Championships with the European absolute best with the 7.26 kg shot. Later that season he added the European Junior title to his accolades and competed at the 2015 World Championships where he, however, failed to record a valid mark. During the 2016 indoor season Bukowiecki further bettered his European junior best with the senior implement to 20.61 metres. He later finished fourth at the 2016 World Indoor Championships in Portland. He initially won at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Athletics, but was disqualified for an anti-doping offense. It was later proved he took the substance ( higenamine) unknowingly in the form of a diet supplement with a "doping free" inscription on the label and the

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only punished him with a "public reprimand". At the

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, Bukowiecki fouled out in the first three rounds of the final, failing to move into the final three rounds. In 2019, he set his personal best result by beating the 22 meters barrier and achieving 22.25 m during the

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held at the

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Personal life

Konrad Bukowiecki was born in

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. His father, Ireneusz Bukowiecki, is a former

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. On 28 September 2024, Bukowiecki married Polish sprinter

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with whom he had been in a relationship since 2018.

Achievements

International competitions

¹No mark in the final

National titles

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: 2016, 2019 *

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2019) ** Shot put indoor – 22.00 (

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2018) * Shot put (6 kg) – 22.94 (

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2016) ** Shot put (6 kg) indoor – 22.96 (

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2016) * Shot put (5 kg) – 23.17 (

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2014) ** Shot put (5 kg) indoor – 24.24 (

2014) * Discus throw – 58.42 (

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2017) * Discus throw (1.75 kg) – 62.20 (

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2016) * Discus throw (1.5 kg) – 66.52 (

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2014)

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Konrad Bukowiecki
at the ''Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki'' * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bukowiecki, Konrad 1997 births Living people Polish male shot putters Polish male discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland Place of birth missing (living people) Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland People from Szczytno FISU World University Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists in athletics (track and field) European Athletics Rising Star of the Year winners FISU World University Games silver medalists for Poland Youth Olympic gold medalists for Poland Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade Youth Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Polish sportsmen Doping cases in athletics Athletes from Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Military World Games silver medalists for Poland Military World Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Diamond League winners