Piotr Markiewicz
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![]() | 1996 Atlanta | K-1 500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 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 (6'0") tall and raced at 84 kg (185 lbs).
For his sport achievements, he received:
Silver Cross of Merit in 1996.
References
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Photo 1
- Polish Canoe Federation profile and interview (in Polish)
- Sports-reference.com profile
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- 1994:
Sergey Kalesnik (BLR)
- 1995:
Piotr Markiewicz (POL)
- 1997:
Vince Fehérvári (HUN)
- 1998:
Michael Kolganov (ISR)
- 1999:
Michael Kolganov (ISR)
- 2001:
Ronald Rauhe (GER)
- 2002:
Ronald Rauhe (GER)
- 2003:
Ronald Rauhe (GER)
- 2005:
Carlos Pérez (ESP)
- 2006:
Ronald Rauhe (GER)
- 2007:
Jonas Ems (GER)
- 2009:
Ronald Rauhe (GER)
- 2010:
Ed McKeever (GBR)
- 2011:
Piotr Siemionowski (POL)
- 2013:
Petter Öström (SWE)
- 2014:
Mark de Jonge (CAN)
- 2015:
Mark de Jonge (CAN)
- 2017:
Liam Heath (GBR)
- 2018:
Carlos Garrote (ESP)
- 2019:
Liam Heath (GBR)
- 2021:
Andrea Di Liberto (ITA)
- 2022:
Carlos Arévalo (ESP)
- 2023:
Artūras Seja (LTU)
- 2024:
Messias Baptista (POR)
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