Robert Korzeniowski
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Robert Korzeniowski (born July 30, 1968 in Lubaczów, Poland) is a former Polish racewalker. He has won four gold medals at the Summer Olympics and has won three world championships.
Korzeniowski is a three-peat winner of the 50 km walk at the Summer Olympics. He won 1996 in Atlanta, 2000 in Sydney, and 2004 in Athens. In addition, he became the first athlete to claim both the long distance and the short distance crown, when he won the 20 km title at the 2000 games. He won world championship titles in 1997, 2001, and 2003. He won two times a European Championship in Budapest 1998 and in Munich 2002. He is also the world record holder in the 50 kilometers race.
He retired after the 2004 games but is looking to become actively involved in various roles at the International Olympic Committee.
External link
- [Official website] (in Polish)
| Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's 20 km walking |
| 1956: Leonid Spirin | 1960: Vladimir Golubnichy | 1964: Ken Matthews | 1968: Vladimir Golubnichy | 1972: Peter Frenkel | 1976: Daniel Bautista | 1980: Maurizio Damilano | 1984: Ernesto Canto | 1988: Jozef Pribilinec | 1992: Daniel Plaza | 1996: Jefferson Pérez | 2000: Robert Korzeniowski | 2004: Ivano Brugnetti |
| Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's 50 km walking |
| Thomas Green | Harold Whitlock | John Ljunggren | Giuseppe Dordoni | Norman Read | Don Thompson | Abdon Pamich | Christoph Höhne | Bernd Kannenberg | Hartwig Gauder | Raúl González | Vyacheslav Ivanenko | Andrey Perlov | Robert Korzeniowski (three times) |
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