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KORZENIOWSKI Robert

Informations personnelles

Date de naissance   30-07-1968 Lieu de naissance   Lubaczów Nationalité   Pologne

Robert Korzeniowski: the greatest 50km race walker in history ! 
3 x Olympic gold medalist in the 50 km Race walk at the Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996  & Sydney 2000 & Athens 2004
&
gold medalist in the 20 km Race walk at the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000
&
3 x gold medalist in the 50 km Race walk at the World Championships in Athens 1997 & Edmonton  2001 & Paris 2003
&
2 x European champion in the 50 km Race walk in Budapest 1998 & Munich 2002
&
silver medalist in the 5000m Race walk at the World Indoor Championships in Toronto 1993   
&
former world record holder of the 50 km Race walk with an astonishing time of 3 h 36' 03" at an average speed of 13.886 km/h    

World Indoor Championships

Podium 5.000 m Toronto (CDN) 1993

1. Mikhail Schennikov (RUS)      18' 32" 10
2. Robert Korzeniowski (PL)    18' 35" 91
3. Mikhail Orlov (RUS)                18' 43" 48

International honors

Olympic Games

3 x Olympic gold medalist 50 km Race walk in Atlanta (USA) 1996 & Sydney (AUS) 2000 & Athens (GR) 2004 

Podium Race walk 50 km Atlanta 1996

1. Robert Korzeniowski (PL)   3 h 43' 30" 
2. Mikhail Schennikov (RUS)     3 h 43' 46"  
3. Valenti Massana (E)              3 h 44' 19" 

Podium Race walk 50 km Sydney 2000

1. Robert Korzeniowski (PL)   3 h 42' 22" 
2. Aigars Fadejevs (LV)             3 h 43' 40"    
3. Joel Sánchez (MEX)              3 h 44' 36" 

Podium Race walk 50 km Athens 2004

1. Robert Korzeniowski (PL)   3 h 38' 46" 
2. Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS)   3 h 42' 50"   
3. Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS)     3 h 43' 34" 

Olympic gold medalist 20 km Race walk in Sydney (AUS) 2000

Podium Race walk 20 km Sydney 2000

1. Robert Korzeniowski (PL)   1 h 18' 59"      
2. Noé Hernández (MEX)          1 h 19' 03"  
3. Vladimir Andreyev (RUS)      1 h 19' 27"  

World Championships 

3 x gold medalist in the 50 km Race walk at the World Championships in Athens (GR) 1997 & Edmonton (CDN) 2001 & Paris (F) 2003 

Podium Race walk 50 km Athens 1997 

1. Robert Korzeniowski (PL)         3 h 44' 46"   
2. Jesús Ángel Garcia (E)                3 h 44' 59"
3. Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (MEX)   3 h 48' 30"  

Podium Race walk 50 km Edmonton 2001 

1. Robert Korzeniowski (PL)   3 h 42' 08"   
2. Jesús Ángel Garcia (E)          3 h 43' 07"
3. Édgar Hernández (MEX)       3 h 46' 12"  

Podium Race walk 50 km Paris 2003 

1. Robert Korzeniowski (PL)   3 h 36' 03"   
2. German Skurygin (RUS  )      3 h 36' 43"
3. Andreas Erm (D)                    3 h 37' 46"  

2 x gold medalist in the 50 km Race walk at the European Championships in Budapest (H) 1998 & Munich (D) 2002 

Podium Race walk 50 km Budapest 1998 

1. Robert Korzeniowski (PL)   3 h 43' 51"   
2. Valentin Kononen (FIN)          3 h 44' 29" 
3. Andrey Plotnikov (RUS)          3 h 45' 53"         

Podium Race walk 50 km Munich 2002 

1. Robert Korzeniowski (PL)   3 h 36' 39"   
2. Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS)      3 h 40' 16" 
3. Jesús Ángel Garcia (E)          3 h 44' 33"

Medal record

♦ Olympic Games                        4 x gold   
♦ World Championships              3 x gold / 1 x bronze 
♦ European Championships        2 x gold  
♦ World Indoor Championships   1 x silver

     total number of medals         11 

Merits

Making history

Robert Korzeniowski made history at the 2000 Sydney Olympics by winning both the men's 20km and 50km race walking events at the same Olympics. 
This unparalleled sporting achievement was a great moment in the history of race walking.

Former World record holder 50km Race walk

Former world record holder in the 50 km Race walk with a time of 3 h 36' 03", set in Paris, France, at the 2003 World Championships.  

Barriers Race walking 

barrier_1: Race walk 20 km/ 1 h 20'

6 performances under 1 h 20' over 20 km ► best performance   1 h 18' 29"    15.290 km/h

barrier_2: Race walk 50 km/ 3 h 50' 

9 performances under 3 h 50' over 50 km ► best performance   3 h 36' 03"   13.886 km/h  ex-WR

Best memories

My top three unforgettable memories in my career are in descending order:

♦ My two gold Olympic medals in the men's 20km and 50km Race walking at the same Olympic Games in 2000 Sydney, Australia; 

♦ My 3rd victory in the 50 km Race walk at the Paris 2003 World Championships by setting a new world record in the 50 km Race walk: 3 h 36' 03" at an average speed of 13.886 km/h;  

♦ My international status as the greatest 50km race walker in history.

Personal bests

♦   5000 m Race walk   18' 17"   1992   Reims (F)

♦ 10000 m Race walk   38' 39"  15.524 km/h   2004  Kraków (PL)

♦ 20 km Race walk road   1 h 18' 29"   15.290 km/h   2000   Eisenhüttenstadt (GDR)      

♦ 50 km Race walk road   3 h 36' 03"   13.886 km/h   2003   Paris (F)  

Palmarès

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