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 | 1996 Atlanta | K-1 500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 1995 Duisburg | K-1 200 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 Duisburg | K-1 500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
 | 1993 Copenhagen | K-4 10000 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 Mexico City | K-4 1000 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 Milan | K-4 200 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 Plovdiv | K4-200 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 ft 0 in) tall and raced at 84 kg (185 lb).
For his sport achievements, he received:
Silver Cross of Merit in 1996.
