CHABEL Wiktor

Date of Birth: 23 Nov 1985

Age: 35

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.97/6'5''

Place of birth: SANDOMIERZ

Birth Country:

Poland

Place of residence : POZNAN

Residence Country:

Poland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	Men's Quadruple Sculls POL Poland	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Quadruple Sculls Heat 2 #20	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Quadruple Sculls Final A #85	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	4x
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4

World Championships

Year	Location	2x	4x
2019	Linz, AUT	-	2
2018	Plovdiv, BUL	-	6
2017	Sarasota, FL, USA	-	5
2015	Aiguebelette-le-Lac, FRA	-	7
2011	Bled, SLO	14	-
2009	Poznan, POL	8	-

European Championships

Year	Location	4x
2021	Varese, ITA	4
2020	Poznan, POL	5
2018	Glasgow, GBR	3
2017	Racice, CZE	2

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Quadruple Sculls	2019	Rotterdam, NED	6:00.80
1	Quadruple Sculls	2019	Poznan, POL	6:01.01
1	Quadruple Sculls	2019	Plovdiv, BUL	6:01.26
2	Quadruple Sculls	2021	Zagreb, CRO	5:49.03
2	Quadruple Sculls	2017	Belgrade, SRB	5:58.29
3	Quadruple Sculls	2018	Lucerne, SUI	5:45.33
3	Quadruple Sculls	2017	Lucerne, SUI	5:53.05
4	Quadruple Sculls	2021	Sabaudia, ITA	5:46.14
4	Quadruple Sculls	2021	Lucerne, SUI	5:55.02
4	Quadruple Sculls	2018	Belgrade, SRB	5:42.49
5	Quadruple Sculls	2017	Poznan, POL	5:43.05
6	Quadruple Sculls	2018	Linz, AUT	5:46.69

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded

Geology. (redbull.com, 29 Jan 2020)

Occupation:

Geology - Jagiellonian University, Krakow, POL

Languages spoken:

English, Polish

KS Posnania Poznan [Poland]

Aleksander Wojciechowski [national], POL

Sporting relatives:

His wife Monika Chabel [nee Ciaciuch] has also represented Poland in rowing. She won bronze in quadruple sculls at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and competed at the 2021 European Championships in Varese, Italy. (Facebook page, 18 May 2021; pztw.pl, 06 Nov 2017; SportsDeskOnline, 31 May 2021)

He took up rowing at age 19 in Krakow, Poland. (tyna.info.pl, 13 Aug 2013)

He began rowing while at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, after a friend suggested he should try the sport because of his physicality. (tyna.info.pl, 13 Aug 2013)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (redbull.com, 29 Jan 2020)

Winning silver in quadruple sculls at the 2019 World Championships in Linz Ottensheim, Austria. (redbull.com, 29 Jan 2020; interia.pl, 12 Nov 2019)

General Interest

General
FUTURE PLANS
He says he has a passion for geology and is planning to work in the field when he retires from rowing. "I was always interested in geology and after retirement from sport I want to focus on it. My dream is to work on an oil platform in the open sea. You get a good salary and you work for three weeks and then have three weeks off. I have studied oil and gas engineering to be even better prepared for this work." (redbull.com, 29 Jan 2020)

FURTHER STUDIES
He has a master's degree in geology from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland, and has also studied oil and gas engineering at the University of Science and Technology in Krakow. (redbull.com, 29 Jan 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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