Weight 60 kg (132 lb) Siblings Sylwia Korzeniowska Height 1.68 m | Role Olympic athlete Name Robert Korzeniowski | |
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Full name Robert Marek Korzeniowski Spouse Magda Klys (m. 2012), Agnieszka Korzeniowska (m. 2002–2011) Children Angelika Korzeniowska, Rozalia Korzeniowska Olympic medals Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk Similar People Irena Szewinska, Denis Nizhegorodov, Otylia Jedrzejczak, Jerzy Dudek, Noe Hernandez | ||
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Robert Korzeniowski (born 30 July 1968) is a Polish former racewalker. He won four gold medals at the Summer Olympics and three at 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.
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- Legend of athletics robert korzeniowski signature edition
- Robert korzeniowski z oty medal ateny 2004 ch d na 50 km
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Robert korzeniowski z oty medal ateny 2004 ch d na 50 km
Biography
Born in Lubaczów, Korzeniowski is the brother of fellow Olympic athlete, Sylwia Korzeniowska. 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 former world record holder in the 50 kilometers race. He retired after the 2004 Games and became actively involved in various roles at the International Olympic Committee. He was also the coach and mentor of former world record-holder Paquillo Fernández. Since 2005 he worked for Polish Public Television as a chief of sport department and in 2007 he became a General Manager of TVP Sport, a new specialized channel in Poland. On 6 November 2009 he announced his resignation.
For his sport achievements, Korzeniowski received the Order of Polonia Restituta:
Knight's Cross (5th Class) in 1996,
Officer's Cross (4th Class) in 2000,
Commander's Cross (3rd Class) in 2004.
