Piotr Haczek (born 26 January 1977 in

Żywiec Żywiec () is a town on the River Soła in southern Poland with 31,194 inhabitants (2019). It is situated within the Silesian Voivodeship, near the Żywiec Lake and Żywiec Landscape Park, one of the eight protected areas in the voivodeship. H ...

Śląskie Silesian Voivodeship ( ) is an administrative province in southern Poland. With over 4.2 million residents and an area of 12,300 square kilometers, it is the second-most populous, and the most-densely populated and most-urbanized region of Poland ...

) is a Polish former athlete who mainly competed 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 ...

. An outdoor and indoor world champion in the 4 × 400 metres relay, his success came mainly in

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, 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 The Polish Athletics Association ( – PZLA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Poland. Current president is Sebastian Chmara. History PZLA was founded in 1919 and was affiliated to the IAAF in 1921. Former presidents: * 19 ...

and sprints coach for Scottish Athletics.

Personal bests

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 ...

- 10.58 (1998) *

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 ...

- 20.97 (2000) *

- 45.43 (2000)

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* Polish male sprinters 1977 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland World Athletics Championships medalists People from Żywiec European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes from Silesian Voivodeship Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Skra Warszawa athletes World Athletics Indoor Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games Polish athletics coaches 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-sprint-athletics-bio-stub

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