Wojciech Nowicki

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.

Wojciech Nowicki

Nowicki in 2016
Personal information
Born	(1989-02-22) 22 February 1989 (age 36) Białystok, Poland
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 Men's athletics Representing  Poland Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 1 World Championships 0 2 3 European Championships 3 0 1 Total 4 2 5 Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Hammer throw 2016 Rio de Janeiro Hammer throw World Championships 2022 Eugene Hammer throw 2023 Budapest Hammer throw 2015 Beijing Hammer throw 2017 London Hammer throw 2019 Doha Hammer throw European Championships 2018 Berlin Hammer throw 2022 Munich Hammer throw 2024 Rome Hammer throw 2016 Amsterdam Hammer throw European Games 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Hammer throw European Team Championships 2019 Bydgoszcz Hammer throw Military World Games 2019 Wuhan Hammer throw

Career

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]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Poland
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	77.42

Personal life

Nowicki and his wife Anna have two daughters – Amelia and Izabela. He studied mechanical engineering at the Bialystok University of Technology.^[4]