Wojciech Nowicki (; born 22 February 1989) is a Polish

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er. He won the gold medal at the

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, silver medals at the

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and 2023 World Championships and bronze medals at the

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and 2019 World Championships. His personal best in the event is 82.52 metres set in 2021 at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Career

Nowicki achieved his personal best, 78.71 metres, on 3 May 2015. In August of the same year, he won the bronze medal in the hammer throw event at the

2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...

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, China. He placed third again at the two subsequent World Championships ( London 2017 and Doha 2019). In July 2016, Nowicki took bronze at the

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, Netherlands. In August, he was awarded the bronze medal in the hammer throw at the

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, Brazil. At the

, Nowicki won the qualification with a throw of 79.78 m. In the third attempt of the finals, he managed to improve his personal best from 81.72 m to 82.52 m which secured him the gold medal, while Eivind Henriksen took silver and his fellow countryman

Paweł Fajdek Paweł Fajdek (Polish pronunciation: ; born 4 June 1989) is a Polish hammer thrower, a five-time World Champion, European Champion, Olympic bronze medal winner, multiple Polish Champion and Polish men's hammer throw record holder. In 2013, h ...

placed third.

Competition record

Personal life

Nowicki and his wife Anna have two daughters – Amelia and Izabela. He studied mechanical engineering at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nowicki, Wojciech 1989 births Living people Polish male hammer throwers World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland World Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland Sportspeople from Białystok Athletes from Podlaskie Voivodeship Olympic bronze medalists for Poland Olympic gold medalists for Poland Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic male hammer throwers Podlasie Białystok athletes European Athletics Championships winners Polish Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 2013 Summer Universiade Bialystok University of Technology alumni 21st-century Polish sportsmen European Games gold medalists for Poland European Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games Military World Games gold medalists for Poland Military World Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics