Piotr Markiewicz
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1996 Atlanta | K-1 500 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
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1995 Duisburg | K-1 200 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
1995 Duisburg | K-1 500 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
1993 Copenhagen | K-4 10000 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
1994 Mexico City | K-4 1000 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
1999 Milan | K-4 200 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
European Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1997 Plovdiv | K4-200 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
1997 Plovdiv | K4-1000 m |
Piotr Markiewicz (born 23 September 1973 in Sejny, Podlaskie) is a Polish sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s (decade). At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he won the bronze medal in the K-1 500 m event.
Known for his devastating sprint finish, Markiewicz won his first national champion 1993. Initially representing in the K-4 event, he won two medals in the K-4 events at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with silvers in 1993 (K-4 10000 m) and 1994 (K-4 1000 m).
Markiewicz's personality better suited him to the individual K-1 events where he won the K-1 200 m and K-1 500 m events at the 1995
As reigning world champion, he went to the 1996 Games as favorite in the K-1 500 m event, but did not live up to expectations. Markiewicz ended up settling for bronze in the K-1 500 m event after finishing fourth in the K-4 1000 m event.
After the Olympics, he won his last medal in 1999 with a silver medal in the K-4 200 m event. Markiewicz retired in 2001 after a car accident.
Markiewicz was a member of the Sparta Augustów club. He is 184 cm (6'0") tall and raced at 84 kg (185 lbs).
For his sport achievements, he received:
Silver Cross of Merit in 1996.
References
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Photo 1
- Polish Canoe Federation profile and interview (in Polish)
- Sports-reference.com profile