KOSEWICZ Piotr

Poland

Athletics

Date of Birth: 31 May 1974

Age: 47

Gender: Male

Sport Class: F52

Place of birth: LUBAN

Birth Country:

Poland

Place of residence : ZAWIDOW

Residence Country:

Poland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's Discus Throw - F52	1

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Seated Discus/Club	Men's Discus Throw - F52 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
2	Discus Throw - F52	2019	Dubai, UAE	20.58
European Championships
1	Discus Throw - F52	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	20.86
1	Discus Throw - F52	2018	Berlin, GER	20.20

Nickname:

Piter (tvp.pl, 19 Feb 2020)

Hobbies:

Photography. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

Occupation:

Photographer

Family:

Wife Magdalena, one son

Languages spoken:

English, Polish

Club name:

START Wroclaw [Poland]

Coach:

Malgorzata Niedzwiecka [club], POL

Other sports:

He represented Poland in Para cross-country skiing and Para biathlon at the 2002 Paralympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City and the 1998 Paralympic Winter Games in Nagano. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 Apr 2021; zgorzelec.naszemiasto.pl, 29 Jun 2017)

Debut:

2017 for Poland, Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

Start:

He took up Para athletics in 2015 after taking an extended break from sport. Prior to that he had competed in Para biathlon and Para cross-country skiing, which he took up in 1994. (ludzie.nastyku.pl, 01 Dec 2018; zgorzelec.naszemiasto.pl, 11 Jun 2018)

Reason:

"I was inspired by Robert Jachimowicz, a silver medallist at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. I want to show that if someone wants something, then there is no limitation. I also want to encourage people to do sport, because it's healthy." (zgorzelec.info, 28 Jun 2017)

Ambition:

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. "It's the only medal missing in my collection." (radiowroclaw.pl, 07 Feb 2021; tvp.pl, 19 Feb 2020)

Memorable:

Claiming gold in the F52 discus at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, Germany and winning silver at the 2019 World Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 Apr 2021; tvp.pl, 19 Feb 2020; Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

Hero:

Polish discus thrower Piotr Malachowski. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

Influence:

His wife. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

Philosophy:

"Fight and don't stop." (tvp.pl, 19 Feb 2020)

Award:

In 2019 he received a Merit Award from Zgorzelec County Council in Poland in recognition of his sporting achievements. (zgorzelec.naszemiasto.pl, 11 Feb 2019)

General Interest

Classification
F52 (IPC, 27 Feb 2021)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (spbierna.pl, 19 Mar 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (spbierna.pl, 19 Mar 2019)

Impairment Details
At age 14 he was playing with friends when he fell from a height, resulting in quadriplegia. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019; spbierna.pl, 19 Mar 2019)

General
WINTER SPORTS
He represented Poland in Para cross-country skiing and Para biathlon at the Paralympic Winter Games in 2002 and 1998 and believes that experience has helped his career in Para athletics. "I made my mark competing in winter sports at a professional level so knew exactly what elite sport looks like and how you have to behave. My task in discus was to repeat in competition what I was doing in training. I knew that I was good enough technically and that is crucial in discus. You can have the strength of Hercules, but without technique it will not go far." (zgorzelec.info, 04 Sep 2018)

OCCUPATION
He works as a photographer and has owned a photography studio since 2002. He has also previously worked as a city councillor in Zgorzelec, Poland. (tvp.pl, 19 Feb 2020; zgorzelec.naszemiasto.pl, 30 Aug 2017, 29 Jun 2017)

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Legend

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

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