TOMALA Dawid

Date of Birth: 27 Aug 1989

Age: 31

Gender: Male

Place of birth: TYCHY

Birth Country:

Poland

Place of residence : BOJSZOWY

Residence Country:

Poland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 50km Race Walk	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sapporo Odori Park	Men's 50km Race Walk Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	20km Race Walk
2012	London, GBR	19th (1:21:55)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	20km Race Walk
2019	Doha, QAT	32nd (1:38:15)
2013	Moscow, RUS	DNF

European Championships

Year	Location	20km Race Walk
2018	Berlin, GER	19th (1:25:06)

World Race Walking Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
19	2018	20km Race Walk	European Championships	Berlin, GER	1:25:06
32	2019	20km Race Walk	World Athletics Championships	Doha, QAT	1:38:15
33	2019	20km Race Walk	European Race Walking Team Championships	Alytus, LTU	1:27:31
48	2018	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Team Championships	Taicang, CHN	1:29:04

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Academy of Physical Education in Katowice, Poland

Languages spoken:

English, Polish

KU AZS Politechniki Opolskiej [Opole, POL]

Grzegorz Tomala [personal, father], POL

He began race walking in 2003 at the UKS Maraton Korzeniowski club in Bierun, Poland. (pzla.pl, 16 Jul 2012)

"My father encouraged me to take up race walking. He ran sprints in the past, and has worked as a running coach. He suggested I sign up to the club in Bierun, which was known as a good race walking club. I went there to train with Katarzyna Sledziona, who got me started." (pzla.pl, 16 Jul 2012)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (radio.opole.pl, 11 Apr 2021)

Winning silver in the 20km race at the 2011 European U23 Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic, and competing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (nto.pl, 09 Aug 2018)

Polish race walker Robert Korzeniowski. (nto.pl, 09 Aug 2018)

General Interest

General
CHANGING DISTANCE
He switched to competing in the 50km event in 2021, having previously competed in the 20km. "I had the change in mind for some time, but there was always something in my way. It was not easy to change the distance. I had to change my training. More oxygen training, and longer distances. The main difference is the tempo, you generally get an extra 30 seconds per kilometre. That meant I was comfortable keeping my speed over the distance. Everything else was a matter of hard training." In March 2021, he completed the distance in a competitive race for the first time at an event in Dudince, Slovakia, where he also achieved the qualification standard for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "It cost me a lot, I had to fight a lot, especially at the end. I was not aware that most of the distance is a battle with yourself - it simply destroys you." (radio.opole.pl, 11 Apr 2021; polskieradio24.pl, 21 Mar 2021)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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