Zbigniew BRODKA
Events and Medals
| Discipline | Event | Rank | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
Speed Skating |
Men's Mass Start | 27 |
Schedule
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Highlights
Historical Results
| Olympic Games | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 1 | Men's 1500m | 2014 | Sochi, RUS |
| 3 | Team Pursuit (8 laps) | 2014 | Sochi, RUS |
| 12 | Men's 1500m | 2018 | PyeongChang, KOR |
| 14 | Men's 1000m | 2014 | Sochi, RUS |
| 27 | Men's 1500m | 2010 | Vancouver, CAN |
| European Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 3 | Men's Team Pursuit | 2018 | Kolomna, RUS |
| 9 | Men's Allround | 2013 | Heerenveen, NED |
| 10 | Men's 1500m | 2018 | Kolomna, RUS |
| 10 | Men's Allround | 2016 | Minsk, BLR |
| 10 | Men's Allround | 2014 | Hamar, NOR |
| 12 | Men's Allround | 2012 | Budapest, HUN |
| 13 | Men's Allround | 2011 | Collalbo, ITA |
| 15 | Men's 1000m | 2018 | Kolomna, RUS |
| 16 | Men's Allround | 2010 | Hamar, NOR |
| World Single Distance Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 3 | Men's Team Pursuit | 2013 | Sochi, RUS |
| 5 | Men's 1000m | 2013 | Sochi, RUS |
| 6 | Men's Team Pursuit | 2015 | Heerenveen, NED |
| 6 | Men's 1500m | 2015 | Heerenveen, NED |
| 6 | Men's 1500m | 2013 | Sochi, RUS |
| 7 | Men's Team Pursuit | 2017 | Gangneung, KOR |
| 8 | Men's Team Pursuit | 2016 | Kolomna, RUS |
| 8 | Men's Team Pursuit | 2012 | Heerenveen, NED |
| 8 | Men's Team Pursuit | 2011 | Inzell, GER |
| 9 | Men's 1500m | 2012 | Heerenveen, NED |
| 13 | Men's 1000m | 2015 | Heerenveen, NED |
| 18 | Men's 1500m | 2019 | Inzell, GER |
| 19 | Men's Mass Start | 2019 | Inzell, GER |
| 19 | Men's 1500m | 2011 | Inzell, GER |
| 21 | Men's 1500m | 2018 | Gangneung, KOR |
| World Allround Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 8 | Men's Allround | 2013 | Hamar, NOR |
| 9 | Men's Allround | 2015 | Calgary, AB, CAN |
| 11 | Men's Allround | 2012 | Moscow, RUS |
| 13 | Men's Allround | 2016 | Berlin, GER |
| 15 | Men's Allround | 2010 | Heerenveen, NED |
| World Cup | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Men's 500m | Men's 1000m | Men's 1500m | Men's Mass Start | Men's Long Distances |
| 2018/19 | 47 | 18 | 21 | ||
| 2017/18 | 39 | 20 | |||
| 2016/17 | 55 | 29 | 17 | ||
| 2015/16 | 57 | 21 | 50 | ||
| 2014/15 | 30 | 10 | 50 | ||
| 2013/14 | 18 | 4 | |||
| 2012/13 | 33 | 1 | |||
| 2011/12 | 14 | ||||
| 2010/11 | 50 | 16 | |||
| 2009/10 | 86 | 34 | 51 | ||
| 2008/09 | 61 | 57 | |||
Zbyszek.
Athlete / Firefighter
Physical Education & Physiotherapy at Opole University of Technology (POL).
Wife, Agnieszka. Daughters, Gabrysia (born 2012) and Amelia (2013).
Polish, Russian, English
UKS Blyskawica Domaniewice (POL)
National: Witold Mazur (POL)
Short track speed skating: Represented Poland at the 2006 and 2007 World Championships.
16 November 2008 World Cup in Heerenveen (1000m B - 26th)
2017: Torn quad muscle, affected his preparation for the 2018 Olympics. (pzls.pl, 10 Jan 2018)
December 2014: Thigh injury, prevented him from competing at the 2015 European Championships. (Info 2018)
2006: Knee injury, meant he could not try to qualify for the Olympic Games. (Info 2018)
2008
In 1994 in Domaniewice (POL). (Info 2018)
His gym teacher Mieczyslaw Szymajda, who also coached speed skating, noticed his talent. (Info 2018)
Winning the Olympic gold medal in the 1500m at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. (Info 2018)
"To achieve your goal the most important thing is motivation. Thanks to it, we can do more and more." (Info 2018)
Flagbearer for Poland in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games (2018).
Great Honorable Sport Award of the Polish Olympic Committee (2014).
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2014).
Poland
Speed Skating