Oliwer Wdowik

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Oliver Wdowik
Personal information
NationalityPolish
Born (2002-01-03) 3 January 2002 (age 22)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60m: 6.60 (2023)
100m: 10.23 (2024)
200m: 20.82 (2020)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Poland.svg Poland
World U20 Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Nairobi 4×100m relay

Oliwer Wdowik (born 3 January 2002) is a Polish sprinter. He has won national indoors titles over 60 metres and 200 metres. [1]

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Career

In February 2020, he won the Polish indoors national 200 metres title. [2]

He finished fifth in the individual 100 metres and won bronze in the 4x100m relay at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, in a European U20 record time. [3] [4]

In February 2024, he won the Polish national title over 60 metres in Toruń. [5] He ran as part of the Polish 4x100m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. [6]

In June 2024, he participated in the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome. [7] Later that month, he was runner-up in the 100 metres at the Polish Athletics Championships in Bydgoszcz. In July 2024, he qualified through his ranking for the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 100 metres. [8]

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References

  1. "Oliwer Wdowik". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  2. "Polish Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  3. "Oliwer Wdowik with personal bests and fifth place at the U-20 World Championships". Korso24.pl. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  4. "South Africa and Jamaica shatter world U20 4x100m records in Nairobi". World Athletics. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  5. "Polish Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  6. "Men 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  7. "Oliwer Wdowik won the qualifying round and danced in Rome". Sport.tvp.pl. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  8. "Oliwer Wdowik with Olympic qualification". Podkarpacielive.pl. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.