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Sep 23, 1973 Sejny, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland 50 years old
Polish canoeist
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About Piotr Markiewicz
- Piotr Markiewicz (born September 23, 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.
