Paweł Fajdek

Paweł Fajdek

Paweł Fajdek in 2015
Personal information
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1989-06-04) 4 June 1989 Świebodzice, Poland
Education	Academy of Sport Education in Warsaw
Height
Weight	128 kg (282 lb) (2012)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Hammer throw
Club	Agros Zamość
Medal record Men's athletics Representing Poland World Championships 2013 Moscow Hammer throw 2015 Beijing Hammer throw European Championships 2014 Zürich Hammer throw European U23 Championships 2011 Ostrava Hammer throw Universiade 2011 Shenzhen Hammer throw 2013 Kazan Hammer throw 2015 Gwangju Hammer throw

Paweł Fajdek (born 4 June 1989) is a Polish hammer thrower with personal best 83.93 metres (9 August 2015, Janusz Kusociński Memorial in Szczecin). He is a two time World Champion in the event.

Career

Fajdek represented Poland at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, finishing just off the podium in 4th despite throwing a new Polish junior record of 75.31 metres with the 6 kg under-20 implement. In 2009, his first year as a senior, Fajdek placed 8th at the European U23 Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania with a throw of 68.70 metres. Fajdek placed 3rd at the Polish Championships that year with a mark of 70.86, behind former Olympic and World Champion Szymon Ziółkowski and a returning Wojciech Kondratowicz. In 2010 he grabbed another national bronze, this time with a throw of 73.85 metres; later that year, he improved his personal best to 76.07, good enough for 35th in the world.

Fajdek continued to improve in 2011, finishing second at the European Team Championships in Stockholm with a new personal best of 76.98 metres. He improved further to 78.13 at Madrid, beating among others the reigning Olympic Champion, Primož Kozmus of Slovenia. He was an overwhelming winner at the European U23 Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic, beating second placer Javier Cienfuegos by five and a half metres to record yet another personal best of 78.54. He also dominated his speciality at the World University Games in Shenzhen, winning the gold with 78.14, more than four metres ahead of silver medallist Marcel Lomnický; a week later at the World Championships in Daegu, however, he only managed 75.20 and finished eleventh.

Fajdek first broke 80 metres at the Ostrava Golden Spike meeting in May 2012, finishing second to Hungary's World silver medallist Krisztián Pars. In his next competition at Montreuil he threw yet another personal best of 81.39, this time beating Pars.

Fajdek is currently coached by Czesław Cybulski, who has also coached Ziółkowski and Anita Włodarczyk.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Poland
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	4th	Hammer throw (6 kg)	75.31 m
2009	European U23 Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	8th	Hammer throw	68.70 m
2011	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	1st	Hammer throw	78.54 m
	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	1st	Hammer throw	78.14 m
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	11th	Hammer throw	75.20 m
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	–	Hammer throw	NM
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	1st	Hammer throw	79.99 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	1st	Hammer throw	81.97 m
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	2nd	Hammer throw	82.05 m
2015	Universiade	Gwangju, South Korea	1st	Hammer throw	80.05 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	1st	Hammer throw	80.88 m

External links

• Pawel Fajdek profile at IAAF