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| Nationality | Polish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 August 2004 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m: 45.25 (Bydgoszcz, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Maksymilian Szwed (born 6 August 2004) is a Polish sprinter. He became Polish national 400 metres champion in 2024. [1]
He is a ADS Łódź athlete. was a bronze medalist in the 400 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem. [2]
He competed as part of the Polish mixed 4 x 400m relay team at the World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas which qualified for the Paris Olympics. [3]
He ran at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024, in both the Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay and the Men's 4 × 400 metres relay. [4] [5] He won the Polish Athletics Championships over 400 metres in Bydgoszcz in June 2024 in a time of 45.25 seconds and broke the 20-year-old Polish Under-23 Record of Marek Plawgo. [6] [7] He ran in the Mixed 4 x 400m relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [8]
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