Piotr Haczek (born 26 January 1977 in Żywiec, Śląskie) is a Polish former athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. An outdoor and indoor world champion in the 4 x 400 metres relay, his success came mainly in relay, his best individual performance being a gold medal at the 1999 European Under 23 Championships. After retiring from competition he became an athletics coach: among the roles he has held are sports director and head coach of the Polish Athletic Association and sprints coach for Scottish Athletics.[3][4]
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Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
Representing Poland |
1995 |
European Junior Championships |
Nyíregyháza, Hungary |
6th |
400 m |
47.42 |
3rd |
4 × 400 m relay |
3:09.65 |
1996 |
World Junior Championships |
Sydney, Australia |
5th |
400 m |
46.29 |
6th |
4 × 400 m relay |
3:08.04 |
Olympic Games |
Atlanta, United States |
6th |
4 × 400 m relay |
3:00.96 |
1997 |
European U23 Championships |
Turku, Finland |
2nd |
400 m |
45.72 |
1st |
4 × 400 m relay |
3:03.07 |
World Championships |
Athens, Greece |
3rd |
4 × 400 m relay |
3:00.26[2] |
1998 |
Goodwill Games |
Uniondale, United States |
2nd |
4 × 400 m relay |
2:58.00 (NR) |
European Championships |
Budapest, Hungary |
5th |
400 m |
45.46 |
2nd |
4 × 400 m relay |
2:58.88 |
1999 |
World Indoor Championships |
Maebashi, Japan |
2nd |
4 × 400 m relay |
3:03.01 (iAR) |
European U23 Championships |
Gothenburg, Sweden |
1st |
400 m |
45.78 |
2nd |
4 × 400 m relay |
3:03.22 |
World Championships |
Seville, Spain |
1st |
4 × 400 m relay |
2:58.91[2] |
2000 |
Olympic Games |
Sydney, Australia |
12th (sf) |
400 m |
45.66 |
6th |
4 × 400 m relay |
3:03.22 |
2001 |
World Indoor Championships |
Lisbon, Portugal |
1st |
4 × 400 m relay |
3:04.47 |
World Championships |
Edmonton, Canada |
3rd |
4 × 400 m relay |
2:59.71[2] |
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The USA 4 x 400 team originally finished first in 4x400 m relay but was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew's confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.