Wojciech Nowicki
Nowicki in 2016
Personal information
NationalityPolish
Born (1989-02-22) 22 February 1989
Białystok, Poland
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight128 kg (282 lb)
Sport
CountryPoland
SportAthletics
EventHammer throw
ClubPodlasie Białystok (2008–)[1]
Coached byMalwina Sobierajska-Wojtulewicz (2016–2021), Joanna Fiodorow (2021–)

Wojciech Nowicki (Polish pronunciation: [ˈvɔjt͡ɕɛx nɔˈvit͡skʲi]; born 22 February 1989) is a Polish hammer thrower. He won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, silver medals at the 2022 and 2023 World Championships and bronze medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2015, 2017 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.[2] In August of the same year, he won the bronze medal in the hammer throw event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China. He placed third again at the two subsequent World Championships (London 2017 and Doha 2019).

In July 2016, Nowicki took bronze at the European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In August, he was awarded the bronze medal in the hammer throw at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, 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 placed third.[3]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Poland
2011 European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 5th Hammer throw 72.20 m
2013 Universiade Kazan, Russia 5th Hammer throw 75.32 m
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 3rd Hammer throw 78.55 m
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 3rd Hammer throw 77.53 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3rd Hammer throw 77.73 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 3rd Hammer throw 78.03 m
2018 Athletics World Cup London, United Kingdom 1st Hammer throw 77.94 m
European Championships Berlin, Germany 1st Hammer throw 80.12 m
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 3rd Hammer throw 77.69 m
Military World Games Wuhan, China 1st Hammer throw 77.38 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 1st Hammer throw 82.52 m PB
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 2nd Hammer throw 81.03 m
European Championships Munich, Germany 1st Hammer throw 82.00 m
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd Hammer throw 81.02 m

Personal life

Nowicki and his wife Anna have two daughters – Amelia and Izabela. He studied mechanical engineering at the Bialystok University of Technology.[4]

References

  1. PZLA profile
  2. "Wojciech Nowicki". IAAF. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  3. "Athletics - Final Results - Men's hammer throw (Tokyo, 2020)". IOC. 4 August 2021. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  4. "NOWICKI Wojciech - Biographical Information". IOC. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.