Karol Zalewski

Karol Zalewski

File:Karol Zalewski Poznań 2021.jpg Zalewski in 2021
Personal information
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1993-08-07) 7 August 1993 Reszel, Poland
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event	Sprints
Medal record Men's athletics Representing Poland Olympic Games Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 4 × 400 m mixed World Indoor Championships Gold medal – first place 2018 Birmingham 4 × 400 m relay European Indoor Championships Silver medal – second place 2015 Prague 4 × 400 m relay European Team Championships Bronze medal – third place 2021 Chorzów 4 × 400 m relay European U23 Championships Gold medal – first place 2013 Tampere 200 m Gold medal – first place 2015 Tallinn 200 m Silver medal – second place 2013 Tampere 4 × 100 m relay Silver medal – second place 2015 Tallinn 4 × 400 m relay Polish Athletics Championships Gold medal – first place 2013 Toruń 100 m Gold medal – first place 2013 Toruń 200 m Gold medal – first place 2014 Szczecin 100 m Gold medal – first place 2014 Szczecin 200 m Gold medal – first place 2015 Kraków 200 m Gold medal – first place 2016 Bydgoszcz 100 m Gold medal – first place 2016 Bydgoszcz 200 m Gold medal – first place 2017 Białystok 100 m Gold medal – first place 2017 Białystok 200 m Gold medal – first place 2018 Lublin 400 m Gold medal – first place 2019 Radom 4 × 100 m Gold medal – first place 2020 Włocławek 400 m Gold medal – first place 2022 Suwałki 400 m Silver medal – second place 2015 Kraków 100 m Silver medal – second place 2018 Lublin 200 m Silver medal – second place 2019 Radom 400 m Bronze medal – third place 2021 Poznań 400 m Polish Indoor Athletics Championships Gold medal – first place 2014 Sopot 200 m Gold medal – first place 2015 Toruń 200 m Gold medal – first place 2015 Toruń 400 m Gold medal – first place 2016 Toruń 200 m Gold medal – first place 2018 Toruń 200 m Gold medal – first place 2019 Toruń 400 m Gold medal – first place 2019 Toruń 4 × 200 m Gold medal – first place 2021 Toruń 400 m Silver medal – second place 2013 Spała 200 m Bronze medal – third place 2018 Toruń 400 m

Karol Zalewski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkarɔl zaˈlɛfski]; born 7 August 1993) is a Polish athlete who specialises in the sprinting events. He reached the semifinals of the 2013 World Championships in the 200 metres. He is also the 2013 European U23 champion over that distance.

Career

The Polish quartet of Karol Zalewski, Rafał Omelko, Łukasz Krawczuk, Jakub Krzewina broke the world indoor record in the men's 4 × 400 m with a stunning finish to the final track event of the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. Krzewina overtook the leaders from the beginning - Americans on the last straight and achieved the greatest success in their career.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Poland
2011	European Junior Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	–	200 m	DQ
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	4th	200 m	20.54
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	39.47
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.05
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	1st	200 m	20.41
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	38.81
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	20th (sf)	200 m	20.66
			11th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.51
2014	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	13th	4 × 100 m relay	39.31
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	8th	200 m	20.58
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	38.85
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	6th (sf)	400 m	46.84
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.97
	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	4th	4 × 200 m relay	1:22.85
			11th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.13
	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	1st	200 m	20.49
			–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.35
	World Championships	Beijing, China	40th (h)	200 m	20.77
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	8th (sf)	200 m	20.69
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	38.69
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	37th (h)	200 m	20.54
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.77 WIR
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	4th	400 m	45.34
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.27
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	11th (h)	400 m	47.451
	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	7th (B)	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.91
2021	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	4th	4 × 200 m relay	DNF
			9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.04
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	47th (h)	400 m	2:15.38
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	2:58.46
			1st	4 × 400 m mixed relay	3:09.87 OR
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	9th	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.51
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	6th	400 m	45.62
			9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.95
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	39th (h)	400 m	46.53
2024	European Championships	Rome, Italy	10th (h)	400 m	45.801
			–	4 × 400 m relay	DQ
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	12th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.21

¹Did not start in the semifinals

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 10.25 (+0.9 m/s, Bydgoszcz 2013)
• 200 metres – 20.26 (-0.3 m/s, Sopot 2016)
• 400 metres – 45.11 (Berlin 2018)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 6.75 (Spała 2016)
• 200 metres – 20.64 (Toruń 2018)
• 400 metres – 46.20 (Toruń 2018)

External links

• Karol Zalewski at World Athletics
• Karol Zalewski at European Athletics
• Karol Zalewski at Olympedia
• Karol Zalewski at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Karol Zalewski at Olympics.com
• Karol Zalewski at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (in Polish) (archive)
• Karol Zalewski at the Polish Athletic Association database (in Polish)