Paweł Fajdek

Paweł Fajdek

Paweł Fajdek in 2015
Personal information
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1989-06-04) 4 June 1989 (age 27) Świebodzice, Poland
Education	Academy of Sport Education in Warsaw
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	128 kg (282 lb) (2012)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Hammer throw
Club	Agros Zamość
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Poland Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 0 World Championships 2 0 0 European Championships 1 1 0 Continental Cup 0 0 0 European Team Championships 2 2 0 Summer Universiade 3 0 0 Total 5 5 4 World Championships 2013 Moscow Hammer throw 2015 Beijing Hammer throw European Championships 2016 Amsterdam Hammer throw 2014 Zürich Hammer throw European Team Championships 2013 Gateshead Hammer throw 2015 Cheboksary Hammer throw 2011 Stockholm Hammer throw 2014 Braunschweig Hammer throw European U23 Championships 2011 Ostrava Hammer throw Universiade 2011 Shenzhen Hammer throw 2013 Kazan Hammer throw 2015 Gwangju Hammer throw Jeux de la Francophonie 2013 Nice Hammer throw European Cup Winter Throwing 2014 Split Hammer throws 2013 Leiria Hamer throws

Paweł Fajdek (born 4 June 1989) is a Polish hammer thrower with personal best 83.93 metres (9 August 2015, Janusz Kusociński Memorial in Szczecin). He is a two time World Champion in the event.

Fajdek represented Poland at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, finishing just off the podium in 4th despite throwing a new Polish junior record of 75.31 metres with the 6 kg under-20 implement. In 2009, his first year as a senior, Fajdek placed 8th at the European U23 Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania with a throw of 68.70 metres. Fajdek placed 3rd at the Polish Championships that year with a mark of 70.86, behind former Olympic and World Champion Szymon Ziółkowski and a returning Wojciech Kondratowicz. In 2010 he grabbed another national bronze, this time with a throw of 73.85 metres; later that year, he improved his personal best to 76.07, good enough for 35th in the world.

Fajdek continued to improve in 2011, finishing second at the European Team Championships in with a new personal best of 76.98 metres. He improved further to 78.13 at Madrid, beating among others the reigning Olympic Champion, Primož Kozmus of Slovenia. He was an overwhelming winner at the European U23 Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic, beating second placer Javier Cienfuegos by five and a half metres to record yet another personal best of 78.54. He also dominated his speciality at the World University Games in Shenzhen, winning the gold with 78.14, more than four metres ahead of silver medallist Marcel Lomnický; a week later at the World Championships in Daegu, however, he only managed 75.20 and finished eleventh.