Marcin Starzak

{{Short description|Polish long jumper (born 1985)}}

File:Marcin Starzak at Josef Odlozil Memorial in Prague 14June2010 075.jpg in Prague]]

Marcin Starzak (born 20 October 1985 in Kraków) is a Polish long jumper.

He finished sixth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships and seventh at the 2008 World Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 2005 European Indoor Championships, the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final. However, in 2009 Starzak claimed bronze in the European Indoor Championships, in Turin, Italy.

His personal best jump is 8.21 metres, achieved in July 2007 in Salamanca. His indoor best of 8.18 metres, set in Turin, is the Polish national record.

Achievements

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colspan="6"|Representing {{POL}}
rowspan=2|2005

|European Indoor Championships

|Madrid, Spain

|16th (q)

|7.74 m

European U23 Championships

|Erfurt, Germany

|6th

|7.77 m (wind: +0.9 m/s)

rowspan=2|2006

|European Championships

|Gothenburg, Sweden

|18th (q)

|7.73 m

European Cup

|Málaga, Spain

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|8.09 m

rowspan=3|2007

|European Indoor Championships

|Birmingham, United Kingdom

|6th

|7.88 m

Universiade

|Bangkok, Thailand

|15th (q)

|7.60 m

World Championships

|Osaka, Japan

|14th (q)

|7.92 m

rowspan=2|2008

|World Indoor Championships

|Valencia, Spain

|7th

|7.74 m

Olympic Games

|Beijing, China

|33rd (q)

|7.62 m

rowspan=2|2009

|European Indoor Championships

|Torino, Italy

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|8.18 m (iNR)

Universiade

|Belgrade, Serbia

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|8.10 m

References