Robert Korzeniowski

Robert Korzeniowski

Personal information
Full name	Robert Marek Korzeniowski
Born	(1968-07-30) 30 July 1968 (age 48) Lubaczów, Podkarpackie, Poland
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Medal record Men’s athletics Representing  Poland Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 4 0 0 World Championships 3 0 1 World Indoor Championships 0 1 0 European Championships 2 0 0 European Indoor Championships 0 0 0 Continental Cup 0 0 0 Summer Universiade 2 0 0 Total 3 3 4 Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 50 km walk 2000 Sydney 20 km walk 2000 Sydney 50 km walk 2004 Athens 50 km walk World Championships 1997 Athens 50 km walk 2001 Edmonton 50 km walk 2003 Paris 50 km walk 1995 Göthenburg 50 km walk World Indoor Championships 1993 Toronto 5 km walk European Championships 1998 Budapest 50 km walk 2002 Munich 50 km walk Universiade 1991 Sheffield 20 km walk 1993 Buffalo 20 km walk

Robert Korzeniowski (born 30 July 1968) is a Polish former racewalker. He won four gold medals at the Summer Olympics and three at world championships. Korzeniowski is a three-peat winner of the 50 km walk at the Summer Olympics. He won 1996 in Atlanta, 2000 in Sydney, and 2004 in Athens. In addition, he became the first athlete to claim both the long distance and the short distance crown, when he won the 20 km title at the 2000 games.

Born in Lubaczów, Korzeniowski is the brother of fellow Olympic athlete, Sylwia Korzeniowska. He won world championship titles in 1997, 2001, and 2003. He won two times a European Championship in Budapest 1998 and in Munich 2002. He is also the former world record holder in the 50 kilometers race. He retired after the 2004 Games and became actively involved in various roles at the International Olympic Committee. He was also the coach and mentor of former world record-holder Paquillo Fernández. Since 2005 he worked for Polish Public Television as a chief of sport department and in 2007 he became a General Manager of TVP Sport, a new specialized channel in Poland. On 6 November 2009 he announced his resignation.

For his sport achievements, Korzeniowski received the Order of Polonia Restituta:
Knight's Cross (5th Class) in 1996,
Officer's Cross (4th Class) in 2000,
Commander's Cross (3rd Class) in 2004.

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