Piotr Klimczak

Piotr Klimczak
Personal information
Nationality	Polish
Born	18 January 1980 (age 44); Nowy Sącz, Poland
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	sprinting
Club	AZS-AWF Kraków
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Poland
World Indoor Championships
European Indoor Championships

Piotr Klimczak (born 18 January 1980, in Nowy Sącz) is a Polish former sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He represented his country in the 4 × 400 metres relay at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2004. His biggest success in the relay is the silver medal at the 2006 World Indoor Championships and individually the silver at the 2007 Summer Universiade.

He played football before switching to athletics in 2002.^[1] He retired in 2013.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Poland
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	10th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:10.33
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	35th (h)	400 m	46.23
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	10th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.69
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	–	4 × 400 m relay	DQ
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.58
	Universiade	İzmir, Turkey	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.57
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.67
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, England	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:08.14
	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	2nd	400 m	46.06
	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.05
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:08.76
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	7th	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.32
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	11th (sf)	400 m	53.81
	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.04
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.23
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:09.86
	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	21st (sf)	400 m	46.68
	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.42