Maciej Megier

Maciej Megier

Personal information
Born	(2003-04-26) 26 April 2003 (age 22)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Long distance running, Cross country running
Medal record Men's athletics Representing   Poland European U23 Championships 2025 Bergen 3000 metres steeplechase

Maciej Megier (born 26 April 2003) is a Polish steeplechaser. He is a multiple-time national champion over 10,000 metres and the 3000 metres steeplechase. He won the gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships. ^[1]

Career

He won the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2023 Polish Championships in July in Gorzów Wielkopolski in 8:44.17. ^[2]

He won the Polish 10,000m Championships in April 2024 in Ustka in 29:10.44. ^[3] He won the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2024 Polish Championships in June in Bydgoszcz in 8:38.75. ^[4] He competed for Poland at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, and led briefly at the start before placing nineteenth in the men's U23 race. ^[5]

He began his 2025 season by breaking Bronislaw Malinowski's Polish youth record in the 10,000m and won the Polish 10,000m Championships in April 2025 in Warsaw, in a time of 28:21.77. Later that year in Bydgoszcz at the Irena Szewińska Memorial, he ran 8:23.01 for the 3000 metres steeplechase to move to the top of the European U23 rankings. ^{[6] [7]}

He finished in fifth place in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Madrid, Spain. ^{[8] [9]} He set a new polish under-23 record, and broke the championship record that had stood since 2003, to win the gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase in 8:20.17 at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway, having previously posted the fastest qualifying time in the semifinals (8:39.09). ^{[10] [11]}

References

1. "Maciej Megier". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
2. "Polish Championships". World Athletics. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
3. "Polish 10,000m Championships". World Athletics. 13 April 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
4. "Polish Championships". World Athletics. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
5. "Battocletti and Ingebrigtsen are European cross-country champions". birgowe.pl. December 8, 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
6. "Polish 10,000m Championships". World Athletics. 26 April 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
7. "MACIEJ MEGIER: I'M AIMING FOR GOLD IN BERGEN". pzla.pl. 15 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
8. "2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division". World Athletics. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
9. "Maciej Megier: I got the most out of this run [VIDEO]". Sport.tvp.pl. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
10. "Zapowiedź 4. dnia MME w Bergen – Program, Transmisja, Wyniki w niedzielę 20 lipca". Biegenie.pl. 20 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
11. Broadbent, Chris (20 Jul 2025). "Poland's Maciej Megier denies Nillessen distance double in thrilling 3000m steeplechase final". European Athletics. Retrieved 20 July 2025.