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Tomasz Majewski

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Polish shot putter (born 1981)

Tomasz Majewski
Majewski in 2013
Personal information
Nickname
The Silent Giant
NationalityPolish
Born (1981-08-30)30 August 1981 (age 44)
Nasielsk, Poland
EducationPolitical science
Alma materStefan Wyszyński University
Height2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight142 kg (313 lb)
Websitetomasz-majewski.pl
Sport
CountryPoland
SportTrack and field
Event
Shot put
ClubAZS AWF Warszawa
Turned pro1999-
Coached byHenryk Olszewski
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals Gold in2008 Gold in2012
World finals Silver in2009
Personalbest(s)21.95 in outdoor (NR)
21.72 in indoor (NR)

Tomasz Majewski (born 30 August 1981) is a Polishshot putter and a doubleOlympicgold medalist (2008 Beijing,2012 London). He is the third shot putter to successfully defend the Olympic title, first European to do so, and the first sinceParry O'Brien in 1956. He also won the silver medal at the2009 World Athletics Championships and gold medal at the2010 European Athletics Championships.

Career

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Majewski stands at 204 cm (6' 81⁄2") tall and weighs 140 kg (300 lb).

During the Olympic final in Beijing on 15 August 2008, he threw 21.51 meters for the gold medal, Poland's first Olympic medal in shot put since 1972 when the lateWładysław Komar took the gold.[1] Majewski was also the first Pole to win gold at the 2008 Olympics.

On 25 July 2009 in Barcelona he threw a personal best of 21.64 m and few days later inDN Galan inStockholm, Sweden he improved upon this with a throw of 21.95 m, a newPolish record.[2]

At the2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships he threw a personal best and Polish indoor record of 21.20 m. However, the level of competition was so high that this was only enough for fifth place behind aCanadian record-breakingDylan Armstrong. It was the first time in championships history that five men had gone beyond the 21 m mark.[3]

In the outdoor season, Majewski competed at the2010 European Athletics Championships and won the shot put silver medal. His 21-metre throw was beaten by a single centimetre asAndrei Mikhnevich took the title. He had shoulder surgery in the latter half of the year. Focusing on the 2011 season, he said that the strong form of his opponents was more of an inspiration than an obstacle: "Christian Cantwell andReese Hoffa [both] went over 22 metres last year, the good performances of my rivals doesn't make me angry or worried, instead it acts as the best sort of motivation to get up to their level".[4]

At the2011 European Team Championships he was the silver medallist behindDavid Storl and while his young German rival went on to win at the2011 World Championships in Athletics, Majewski managed only ninth place with a best throw of 20.18 m. At the start of 2012 he broke his own Polish indoor record at theBW-Bank Meeting inKarlsruhe with a winning mark of 21.27 m.[5] In London 2012 he won the gold medal with a mark of 21.89 m and he became the first male shot-put thrower to defend his Olympic title sinceParry O'Brien achieved that inMelbourne 1956.

Hobbies

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His hobbies includebasketball and playingvideo games.[6]

National honours

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For his sport achievements, he received:
Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of theOrder of Polonia Restituta (5th Class) in 2008.[7]
Officer's Cross Officer's Cross of theOrder of Polonia Restituta (4th Class) in 2009.[8]

Personal bests

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  • Outdoor – 21.95 m (2009)
  • Indoor – 21.72 m (2012)

His best attempt was in Sweden DN Galan (21.65 m, 21.95 m, 21.44 m, x, x, 21.83 m).

Achievements

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Majewski took gold in Turin in 2009
Putting at the 2010Bislett Games
YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing Poland
2003European U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz,Poland4th19.92 m
UniversiadeDaegu,South Korea5th19.90 m
2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest,Hungary4th20.83 m
Olympic GamesAthens,Greece18th (q)19.55 m
2005European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid,Spain10th (q)19.57 m
World ChampionshipsHelsinki,Finland7th20.23 m
Universiadeİzmir,Turkey1st20.60 m
2006World Indoor ChampionshipsMoscow,Russia6th20.07 m
European ChampionshipsGothenburg,Sweden6th19.85 m
World Athletics FinalStuttgart,Germany7th20.13 m
2007World ChampionshipsOsaka,Japan4th20.87 m
2008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain3rd20.93 m
Olympic GamesBeijing,China1st21.51 m
World Athletics FinalStuttgart, Germany1st20.88 m
2009European Indoor ChampionshipsTurin,Italy1st21.02 m
European Team ChampionshipsLeiria,Portugal1st20.81 m
World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany2nd21.91 m
World Athletics FinalThessaloniki,Greece2nd21.21 m
2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha,Qatar4th21.20 m (iNR)
European ChampionshipsBarcelona,Spain1st[9]21.00 m
2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea8th20.18 m
2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul,Turkey3rd21.72 m (iNR)
Olympic GamesLondon,United Kingdom1st21.89 m
2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia6th20.98 m
Jeux de la FrancophonieNice,France1st20.18 m
2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot,Poland4th21.04 m
European ChampionshipsZürich,Switzerland3rd20.83 m
2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China6th20.82 m
2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro,Brazil6th20.72 m

References

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  1. ^"A Polish 'pirate' steals Shot Put booty in Beijing".IAAF. 15 August 2008. Retrieved26 April 2018.
  2. ^Nesi, Lorenzo (30 July 2009)."Majewski launches 21.95m Shot Put national record and world lead in Stockholm – IAAF World Athletics Tour". IAAF. Retrieved26 April 2018.
  3. ^Landells, Steve (12 March 2010)."EVENT REPORT – MEN's Shot Put Final". IAAF. Retrieved26 April 2018.
  4. ^"Majewski ready to rumble after shoulder surgery".European Athletics. 11 November 2010. Archived fromthe original on 13 November 2010. Retrieved11 November 2010.
  5. ^Gordon, Ed (13 February 2012)."Three world leads as middle distances steal the spotlight in Karlsruhe". IAAF. Retrieved26 April 2018.
  6. ^"Tomasz Majewski". Archived fromthe original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved23 May 2013.
  7. ^"Prezydent RP odznaczył olimpijczyków". 13 October 2008. Retrieved26 April 2018.
  8. ^"Lista odznaczonych medalistów".President of Poland. 2 September 2009. Retrieved26 April 2018.
  9. ^(13 June 2013),at Championskips was 2nd, but Andriei Michniewicz was stripped of his gold medal in 2013, after failure of anti-drug test in the 2005, according to prosecution Retrieved 26 April 2018.

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