Michał Skowronek

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Michał Skowronek
Medal record
Men's athletics
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 1971 Sofia 4 x 800 m relay

Michał Skowronek (born 27 September 1949) is a retired Polish runner who specialized in the 800 metres and the 1500 metres.

At the 1971 European Indoor Championships he won a silver medal in 4 x 800 metres relay together with Krzysztof Linkowski, Zenon Szordykowski and Kazimierz Wardak.[1] This team still has the Polish indoor record in the event.

Individually, he finished fifth in the 800 metres at the 1974 European Indoor Championships,[2] and fifth in the 1500 metres at the 1975 European Indoor Championships.[3] He became Polish indoor champion in the 800 metres in 1974, and indoor 1500 metres champion in 1975, 1977 and 1979.[4]

His personal best time in the 1500 metres was 3.38.77 minutes, achieved in July 1975 in London.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1971 European Indoor Championships, men's 4 x 800 metres relay final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  2. ^ "1974 European Indoor Championships, men's 800 metres final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  3. ^ "1975 European Indoor Championships, men's 1500 metres final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Polish Indoor Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  5. ^ World men's all-time best 1500m (last updated 2001)