Karol Zalewski

{{Short description|Polish sprinter (born 1993)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Karol Zalewski

| image = Karol Zalewski Poznań 2021.jpg

| caption = Zalewski in 2021

| nationality = Polish

| sport = Running

| event = Sprints

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|8|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Reszel, Poland

| residence =

| height = 1.89 m[https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/karol-zalewski Rio 2016 bio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125180244/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/karol-zalewski |date=25 November 2016 }}

| weight = 86 kg

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry |{{POL}}}}

{{Medal|Comp|Olympic Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|2020 Tokyo|4 × 400 m mixed}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2018 Birmingham|4 × 400 m relay}}

{{Medal|Competition|European Indoor Championships}}

{{Medal|Silver|2015 Prague|4 × 400 m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Team Championships}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2021 Chorzów|4 × 400 m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|European U23 Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 2013 Tampere|200 m}}

{{MedalGold | 2015 Tallinn|200 m}}

{{MedalSilver | 2013 Tampere|4 × 100 m relay}}

{{MedalSilver | 2015 Tallinn|4 × 400 m relay}}

{{Medal|Competition|Polish Athletics Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Toruń|100 m}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Toruń|200 m}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Szczecin|100 m}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Szczecin|200 m}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Kraków|200 m}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Bydgoszcz|100 m}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Bydgoszcz|200 m}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Białystok|100 m}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Białystok|200 m}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Lublin|400 m}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Radom|4 × 100 m}}

{{MedalGold|2020 Włocławek|400 m}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Suwałki|400 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Kraków|100 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Lublin|200 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Radom|400 m}}

{{MedalBronze|2021 Poznań|400 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|Polish Indoor Athletics Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Sopot|200 m}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Toruń|200 m}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Toruń|400 m}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Toruń|200 m}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Toruń|200 m}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Toruń|400 m}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Toruń|4 × 200 m}}

{{MedalGold|2021 Toruń|400 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Spała|200 m}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Toruń|400 m}}

}}

Karol Zalewski (Polish pronunciation: {{IPAc-pl|'|k|a|r|o|l|-|z|a|'|l|e|f|s|k|i}}; born 7 August 1993) is a Polish athlete who specialises in the sprinting events.{{World Athletics}} 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 {{nowrap|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.{{cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/iaaf-world-indoor-championships-6019/news/report/men/4x400-metres-relay/final |title=Report: Men's 4X400m final – IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018 |date=4 March 2018 |website=iaaf.org |publisher=IAAF |access-date=4 March 2018}}

Competition record

{{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
colspan="6"|Representing {{POL}}
2011

|align=left|European Junior Championships

|align=left|Tallinn, Estonia

| –

|200 m

|DQ

rowspan=3|2012

|rowspan=3 align=left|World Junior Championships

|rowspan=3 align=left|Barcelona, Spain

|4th

|200 m

|20.54

4th

|4 × 100 m relay

|39.47

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:05.05

rowspan=4|2013

|rowspan=2 align=left|European U23 Championships

|rowspan=2 align=left|Tampere, Finland

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|200 m

|20.41

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|4 × 100 m relay

|38.81

bgcolor=#CCCCFF

|rowspan=2 align=left|World Championships

|rowspan=2 align=left|Moscow, Russia

|20th (sf)

|200 m

|20.66

bgcolor=#CCCCFF

|11th (h)

|4 × 100 m relay

|38.51

rowspan=3|2014

|align=left|World Relays

|align=left|Nassau, Bahamas

|13th

|4 × 100 m relay

|39.31

bgcolor="#f5f6ce"

|rowspan=2 align=left|European Championships

|rowspan=2 align=left|Zürich, Switzerland

|8th

|200 m

|20.58

bgcolor="#f5f6ce"

|6th

|4 × 100 m relay

|38.85

rowspan=8|2015

|rowspan=2 align=left|European Indoor Championships

|rowspan=2 align=left|Prague, Czech Republic

|6th (sf)

|400 m

|46.84

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:02.97

rowspan=2 align=left|World Relays

|rowspan=2 align=left|Nassau, Bahamas

|4th

|4 × 200 m relay

|1:22.85

11th (h)

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:05.13

rowspan=3 align=left|European U23 Championships

|rowspan=3 align=left|Tallinn, Estonia

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|200 m

|20.49

|4 × 100 m relay

|DQ

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:05.35

bgcolor=#CCCCFF

|align=left|World Championships

|align=left|Beijing, China

|40th (h)

|200 m

|20.77

rowspan=3|2016

|rowspan=2 bgcolor="#f5f6ce" align=left|European Championships

|rowspan=2 bgcolor="#f5f6ce" align=left|Amsterdam, Netherlands

|bgcolor="#f5f6ce"|8th (sf)

|bgcolor="#f5f6ce"|200 m

|bgcolor="#f5f6ce"|20.69

bgcolor="#f5f6ce"

|6th

|4 × 100 m relay

|38.69

bgcolor=98FB98

|align=left|Olympic Games

|align=left|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|37th (h)

|200 m

|20.54

rowspan=3|2018

|align=left|World Indoor Championships

|align=left|Birmingham, United Kingdom

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:01.77 WIR

rowspan=2 bgcolor="#f5f6ce" align=left|European Championships

|rowspan=2 bgcolor="#f5f6ce" align=left|Berlin, Germany

|bgcolor="#f5f6ce"|4th

|bgcolor="#f5f6ce"|400 m

|bgcolor="#f5f6ce"|45.34

bgcolor="#f5f6ce"

|5th

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:02.27

rowspan=2|2019

|align=left|European Indoor Championships

|align=left|Glasgow, United Kingdom

|11th (h)

|400 m

|47.451

align=left|World Relays

|align=left|Yokohama, Japan

|7th (B)

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:05.91

rowspan=5|2021

|rowspan=2 align=left|World Relays

|rowspan=2 align=left|Chorzów, Poland

|4th

|4 × 200 m relay

|DNF

9th (h)

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:05.04

bgcolor=98FB98

|rowspan=3 align=left|Olympic Games

|rowspan=3 align=left|Tokyo, Japan

|47th (h)

|400 m

|2:15.38

bgcolor=98FB98

|5th

|4 × 400 m relay

|2:58.46

bgcolor=98FB98

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 400 m mixed relay

|3:09.87 {{AthAbbr|OR}}

rowspan=3|2022

|bgcolor=#CCCCFF align=left|World Championships

|bgcolor=#CCCCFF align=left|Eugene, United States

|bgcolor=#CCCCFF|9th

|bgcolor=#CCCCFF|4 × 400 m relay

|bgcolor=#CCCCFF|3:02.51

bgcolor="#f5f6ce"

|rowspan=2 align=left|European Championships

|rowspan=2 align=left|Munich, Germany

|6th

|400 m

|45.62

bgcolor="#f5f6ce"

|9th (h)

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:02.95

2023

|World Championships

|Budapest, Hungary

|39th (h)

|400 m

|46.53

rowspan=3|2024

|bgcolor="#f5f6ce" rowspan=2|European Championships

|bgcolor="#f5f6ce" rowspan=2|Rome, Italy

|10th (h)

|400 m

|45.801

bgcolor="#f5f6ce"

| –

|4 × 400 m relay

|DQ

bgcolor=98FB98

|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)

References

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