Wojciech CHMIELEWSKI

Poland

Luge

Date of Birth: 13 Apr 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Place of birth: KOWARY

Birth Country:

Poland

Residence: ZACHELMIE

Residence Country:

Poland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Luge	Doubles POL CHMIELEWSKI Wojciech / KOWALEWSKI Jakub	9
	Team Relay POL Poland	8

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 1	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 2	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 3	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 4	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 5	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 6	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Run 1	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Run 2	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Team Relay Competition	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
8	Team Relay	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:02:26.413
12	Doubles	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:01:33.087

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
7	Team Relay	2020	Sochi, RUS	2:46.872
7	Team Relay	2019	Winterberg, GER	2:25.948
8	Doubles	2021	Koenigssee, GER	1:40.866
8	Doubles Sprint	2021	Koenigssee, GER	39.362
8	Doubles	2019	Winterberg, GER	1:27.667
8	Team Relay	2017	Innsbruck, AUT	2:09.963
8	Team Relay	2016	Koenigssee, GER	2:48.920
10	Doubles Sprint	2020	Sochi, RUS	31.880
10	Doubles Sprint	2019	Winterberg, GER	31.032
11	Doubles	2016	Koenigssee, GER	1:41.883
13	Doubles	2020	Sochi, RUS	1:40.803
20	Doubles	2017	Innsbruck, AUT	40.171
21	Men's Singles	2016	Koenigssee, GER	1:42.308
24	Men's Singles	2015	Sigulda, LAT	1:38.507
DNF	Team Relay	2021	Koenigssee, GER

World Cup Rankings
Season	Doubles	Doubles Sprint	Men's Singles
2021/22	13	15
2020/21	13	14
2019/20	11
2018/19	12
2017/18	13
2016/17	12
2015/16	18		37

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	Doubles
2019/20	1 x 3rd

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
9	Doubles	2021/22	Sochi, RUS
9	Doubles	2021/22	Sochi, RUS
9	Doubles	2021/22	Altenberg, GER
11	Doubles	2021/22	Sigulda, LAT
12	Doubles	2021/22	Oberhof, GER
13	Doubles Sprint	2021/22	Sochi, RUS
14	Doubles Sprint	2021/22	Sigulda, LAT
15	Doubles	2021/22	St. Moritz, SUI
16	Doubles	2021/22	Yanqing, CHN
16	Doubles	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT

Nickname:

Wojtek

Hobbies:

Volleyball, basketball, music.

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Studied Physical Education at the Academy of Physical Education in Katowice (POL). (Info 2018)
Karkonosze State University (Jelenia Gora, POL). (jelonka.com, 23 Dec 2020)

Languages spoken:

Polish, English

Club name:

MKS Karkonosze Jelenia Gora

Coach:

National: Marek Skowronski (POL)
Club: Przemyslaw Pochlod (POL)

Position style:

Back

Debut:

2015 World Championships in Sigulda (Singles - 24th)
2016 World Cup in Sigulda (Doubles - 13th)

Start:

Took up luge in 2008 after participating in an inter-school competition. (FIL Media Guide, 2020/21; Info 2018)

Memorable:

Winning a gold medal at the U23 World Championships in 2016. (Info 2018)

Hero:

Luger Felix Loch (GER), three-time Olympic champion, 13-time World champion. (Info 2018)

General Interest

PARTNERS
Started at the junior level competing with Mateusz Zakowicz until the end of the 2014/15 season. For the 2015/16 World Cup season, he partnered with Jakub Kowalewski, who had spent the previous season competing at the senior level with Arthur Gedzius, while also racing singles. The pair tallied one top-10 World Cup finish at Sochi and won the U23 World Championships in their first season together.

Milestones

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Made his Olympic debut at PyeongChang2018, finishing eighth in the team relay and 12th in doubles (with Jakub "Kuba" Kowalewski).

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
At the World Championships, he has a pair of eighth-place finishes in doubles (2019, 2021), three top-10's in the sprint doubles (2019-21), and four top-10 results in the team relay (2016-17, 2019-20)

At the U23 World Championships, he won doubles gold in 2016 (ninth in singles) and was fourth in 2017.

WORLD CUP
Recorded Poland's first World Cup podium appearance in doubles (third) in 2020 in Winterberg, in a race boycotted by a number of nations due to unsafe track conditions.

In 2021, he was part of the first Polish relay to reach the podium (third) in Oberhof with Klaudia Domaradzka and Mateusz Sochowicz.

At the end of the 2020/21 season, he had 19 top-10 World Cup finishes.

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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