Piotr Markiewicz

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Piotr Markiewicz
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Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 001
World Championships 230
European Championships 003
Total233
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 Atlanta K-1 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Duisburg K-1 200 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Duisburg K-1 500 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1993 Copenhagen K-4 10000 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Mexico City K-4 1000 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1999 Milan K-4 200 m
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Plovdiv K4-200 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Plovdiv K4-1000 m

Piotr Markiewicz (born 23 September 1973 in Sejny, Podlaskie) is a Polish sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s (decade). At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he won the bronze medal in the K-1 500 m event.

Known for his devastating sprint finish, Markiewicz won his first national champion 1993. Initially representing in the K-4 event, he won two medals in the K-4 events at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with silvers in 1993 (K-4 10000 m) and 1994 (K-4 1000 m).

Markiewicz's personality better suited him to the individual K-1 events where he won the K-1 200 m and K-1 500 m events at the 1995

As reigning world champion, he went to the 1996 Games as favorite in the K-1 500 m event, but did not live up to expectations. Markiewicz ended up settling for bronze in the K-1 500 m event after finishing fourth in the K-4 1000 m event.

After the Olympics, he won his last medal in 1999 with a silver medal in the K-4 200 m event. Markiewicz retired in 2001 after a car accident.

Markiewicz was a member of the Sparta Augustów club. He is 184 cm (6'0") tall and raced at 84 kg (185 lbs).

For his sport achievements, he received:
POL Srebrny Krzyz Zaslugi BAR.svg Silver Cross of Merit in 1996.

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