Oliwer Wdowik

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Oliver Wdowik
Personal information
Full nameOliwer Mateusz Wdowik
NationalityPolish
Born (2002-01-03) 3 January 2002 (age 23)
Education University of Rzeszów [1]
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60m: 6.60 (2023)
100m: 10.10 (2025)
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. He competed over 100 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [2]

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Career

He is from Rzeszów, Poland and is a member of Resovia sports club. [3] In February 2020, he won the Polish indoors national 200 metres title. [4]

He finished fifth in the individual 100 metres and won bronze as part of the Polish 4x100m relay team at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya in a European U20 record time, alongside Dominik Łuczynski, Patryk Krupa and Jakub Pietrusa. [5] [6]

In February 2024, he won the Polish national title over 60 metres in Toruń, Poland. [7] He ran as part of the Polish 4x100m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. [8]

In June 2024, he participated in the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy. [9] Later that month, he was runner-up in the 100 metres at the Polish Athletics Championships in Bydgoszcz. He competed in the 100 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics but did not advance past the qualifying heats. [10] [11]

He suffered injury in the winter of 2025 and did not compete prior to the Polish Indoor Championships in February 2025. [12] Despite this, he won the 60 metres title at the Polish Championships in Toruń, in a time of 6.68 seconds. [13] He competed in the 60 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, where he qualified for the semi-finals. [14] In the semi-final he ran a seasons best 6.62 seconds to place fifth and did not proceed to the final. [15] He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Men's 4 × 100 metres relay in May 2025, helping Poland qualify for the final and gain an assured place at the upcoming World Championships. [16] He ran a new personal best of 10.10 seconds in the 100 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid. [17] He was selected for the Polish team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [18]

References

  1. 2025 WUG profile
  2. "Oliwer Wdowik". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  3. Ryzner, Tomasz (28 October 2024). "Oliwer Wdowik: I can't support myself by running. I'm an Olympian supported by my parents". Nowiny24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  4. "Polish Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  5. "Oliwer Wdowik with personal bests and fifth place at the U-20 World Championships". Korso24.pl. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  6. "South Africa and Jamaica shatter world U20 4x100m records in Nairobi". World Athletics. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  7. "Polish Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  8. "Men 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  9. "Oliwer Wdowik won the qualifying round and danced in Rome". Sport.tvp.pl. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  10. "Men's 100 Metres - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  11. "Oliwer Wdowik with Olympic qualification". Podkarpacielive.pl. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  12. Skrzypczynski, Tomasz (8 March 2025). "Oliwer Wdowik was eliminated in the HME semi-finals". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  13. "Polish Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  14. "Lizakowska i Wdowik z awansem. Relacja i wyniki sesji porannej 3. dnia HME". Bieganie.pl (in Polish). 8 March 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  15. "Oliwer Wdowik nie szczędził gorzkich słów: wstyd mi jest za swój występ". Sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). 8 March 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  16. "Men's 4x100 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  17. Broadbent, Chris (27 June 2025). "Boglarka Takacs sets Hungarian record to win women's 100m". European Athletics. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  18. "Lekkoatletyka. Znamy skład reprezentacji Polski na MŚ w Tokio". Sport.tvp.pl. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.