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Born | Bełżyce, Poland | 25 November 1982
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Country | Poland |
Sport | Cycling |
Marcin Polak (born 25 November 1982) is Polish Paralympic cyclist. He represented Poland at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and 2020 Summer Paralympics.
On 31 January 2020, Polak set the world record in the 4 km individual pursuit in the B classification with a time of 4 minutes 3.528 seconds. [1]
He won a bronze medal in the men's individual pursuit B event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [2]
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