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| Nationality | Polish | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 December 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100m: 10.25 (Jerusalem, 2023) 200m: 20.50 (Bydgoszcz, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marek Zakrzewski (born 18 December 2005) is a Polish track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. [1]
A product of the Young Athlete Academy in Słupsk, Zakrewski was selected to compete at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia in August 2022, aged 16 years-old. [2] Earlier that summer he won gold at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in the 100 metres. [3]
In 2023, Zakrzewski completed a double with gold medals in both the 100 metres and 200 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships aged 17 years-old. [4] He set a new personal best time of 10.25 seconds for the 100 metres. [5] He set a new personal best of 23.64 in winning the 200 metres. [6] He was the first man to do the sprint double in the competitions since Darren Campbell in 1991. [7]
He was selected as part of the Polish 4x100m team for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023. [8]
In January 2024, he beat the European U20 indoor 200 metres record, running 20.80 in Luxembourg. [9] He ran as part of the Polish 4x100m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. [10]
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