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Polish hammer thrower From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wojciech Nowicki (Polish pronunciation: [ˈvɔjt͡ɕɛx nɔˈvit͡skʲi]; born 22 February 1989) is a Polish hammer thrower. He won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, silver medals at the 2022 and 2023 World Championships and bronze medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2015, 2017 and 2019 World Championships. His personal best in the event is 82.52 metres set in 2021 at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
![]() Nowicki in 2016 | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Polish |
Born | Białystok, Poland | 22 February 1989
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 128 kg (282 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Poland |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Hammer throw |
Club | Podlasie Białystok (2008–)[1] |
Coached by | Malwina Sobierajska-Wojtulewicz (2016–2021), Joanna Fiodorow (2021–) |
Medal record |
Nowicki achieved his personal best, 78.71 metres, on 3 May 2015.[2] In August of the same year, he won the bronze medal in the hammer throw event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China. He placed third again at the two subsequent World Championships (London 2017 and Doha 2019).
In July 2016, Nowicki took bronze at the European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In August, he was awarded the bronze medal in the hammer throw at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Nowicki won the qualification with a throw of 79.78 m. In the third attempt of the finals, he managed to improve his personal best from 81.72 m to 82.52 m which secured him the gold medal, while Eivind Henriksen took silver and his fellow countryman Paweł Fajdek placed third.[3]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing ![]() | |||||
2011 | European U23 Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 5th | Hammer throw | 72.20 m |
2013 | Universiade | Kazan, Russia | 5th | Hammer throw | 75.32 m |
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 3rd | Hammer throw | 78.55 m |
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 3rd | Hammer throw | 77.53 m |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 3rd | Hammer throw | 77.73 m | |
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 3rd | Hammer throw | 78.03 m |
2018 | Athletics World Cup | London, United Kingdom | 1st | Hammer throw | 77.94 m |
European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 1st | Hammer throw | 80.12 m | |
2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 3rd | Hammer throw | 77.69 m |
Military World Games | Wuhan, China | 1st | Hammer throw | 77.38 m | |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 1st | Hammer throw | 82.52 m PB |
2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 2nd | Hammer throw | 81.03 m |
European Championships | Munich, Germany | 1st | Hammer throw | 82.00 m | |
2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | Hammer throw | 81.02 m |
2024 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 1st | Hammer throw | 80.95 |
Olympic Games | Paris, France | 7th | Hammer throw | 75.92 |
Nowicki and his wife Anna have two daughters – Amelia and Izabela. He studied mechanical engineering at the Bialystok University of Technology.[4]
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