Piotr Markiewicz

{{Short description|Polish canoeist (born 1973)}}

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{{MedalSport|Men's canoe sprint}}

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|Olympic Games|0|0|1

|World Championships|2|3|0

|European Championships|0|0|3

|Total|2|3|3

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{{MedalBronze|1996 Atlanta|K-1 500 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1995 Duisburg|K-1 200 m}}

{{MedalGold|1995 Duisburg|K-1 500 m}}

{{MedalSilver|1993 Copenhagen|K-4 10000 m}}

{{MedalSilver|1994 Mexico City|K-4 1000 m}}

{{MedalSilver|1999 Milan|K-4 200 m}}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships }}

{{MedalBronze|1997 Plovdiv|K4-200 m }}

{{MedalBronze|1997 Plovdiv|K4-1000 m }}

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Piotr Markiewicz (born 23 September 1973 in Sejny, Podlaskie) is a Polish sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s (decade). At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he won the bronze medal in the K-1 500 m event.

Known for his devastating sprint finish, Markiewicz won his first national champion 1993. Initially representing in the K-4 event, he won two medals in the K-4 events at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with silvers in 1993 (K-4 10000 m) and 1994 (K-4 1000 m).

Markiewicz's personality better suited him to the individual K-1 events where he won the K-1 200 m and K-1 500 m events at the 1995

As reigning world champion, he went to the 1996 Games as favorite in the K-1 500 m event, but did not live up to expectations. Markiewicz ended up settling for bronze in the K-1 500 m event after finishing fourth in the K-4 1000 m event.

After the Olympics, he won his last medal in 1999 with a silver medal in the K-4 200 m event. Markiewicz retired in 2001 after a car accident.

Markiewicz was a member of the Sparta Augustów club. He is {{convert|184|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} tall and raced at {{convert|84|kg|lb|abbr=on}}.

For his sport achievements, he received:

Image:POL Srebrny Krzyż Zasługi BAR.svg Silver Cross of Merit in 1996.