BIO

A native of Nasielsk, Poland, is a shot putter. Olympic champion in this competition from Beijing (2008) and London (2012). Also an Olympian from Athens (2004) and Rio (2016).

Born on August 30, 1981 in Nasielsk. He comes from the small village of Slonczewo, 80 kilometers north of Warsaw. He started practicing ball-pushing at the age of 15, but successes did not appear until the end of his high school education. A third-year student at Stefan Wyszynski University, Faculty of Political Science. Represented successively: WMKS Plonsk, Skra Warsaw, Warszawianka, AZS AWF Warsaw. A protégé of coaches: Witold Suski, Henryk Olszewski.

He participated in the Olympic Games in Athens, where he placed 18th. However, Tomasz announced that his time would come in Beijing. According to the coach of the throwing team, Henryk Olszewski, we have not yet had such a talented athlete in this competition, with such good physical conditions. They were both right. Majewski beat all his rivals in beautiful style in Beijing and won the gold medal of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing. He repeated this feat in London (2012).

At the Games of the XXXI Olympiad Rio 2016, our two-time Olympic champion (from Beijing and London) took 6th place in the ball push competition, achieving 20.72m. The gold medal was won by Ryan Crouser (USA), who set a new Olympic record with 22.52. The silver medal went to Joe Kovacs (USA) with 21.78m, and the bronze medal went to Thomas Walsh (NZL) with 21.36m.

This was Tomasz Majewski’s fourth – and as he announced – last – Olympic Games. – I wanted to exceed 21 meters, i.e. push the farthest this season, but I didn’t succeed. However, I think that I said goodbye to the Olympic Games with dignity, well, and won with David Storl. In four years in Tokyo I will no longer be there,” Majewski said.

He officially ended his prolific sports career on September 5, 2016 in Zagreb, at the 66th Boris Hanžeković Memorial (IAAF World Challenge).

Successes of the two-time Olympic champion:
1 – Majewski is the first and only European to defend the title of Olympic champion in the ball push
2 – Olympic gold medals have been won by Tomasz Majewski
3 – by that many centimeters the Pole outstripped David Storl in the Olympic final in London. The final was held on August 3
4 – fourth places he took during the World Indoor Championships in Budapest (2004) and Sopot (2014)
6 – times Majewski competed in the world championships
7 – Polish records (indoor and stadium) he set
8 – gold medals of Polish senior indoor championships won during his career
9 – times he competed in Boris Hanžeković’s titanium race in Zagreb, ending his career there
12 – times he defended the white and red colors in the European Cup competitions and the European team championships
13 – gold medals of the Polish senior championships (in the stadium) won by Tomasz Majewski
14 – times he competed in the Memorial of Janusz Kusociński, he won 7 victories in it
August 15, 2008 – won the first Olympic gold medal
30 – Tomasz was born on Sunday, August 30, 1981
31 – times he competed in 2014 (including 2 qualifying competitions) – it was his busiest season in his career
39 – in as many international events (WSC, HMW, ME, HME, DME, PE, ZPE, Universiade) he defended the Polish colors
117 – times, in 65 competitions, he pushed over 21 meters
204 – centimeters of height
256 – that’s how many results above 20 meters Tomasz Majewski achieved in his career
12.91 – such a result was achieved in his first start with a 7.26 kg senior bullet (he was then 17 years old)
19:50 – at about this hour at the Zagreb mythionships he made his last measured attempt in an official competition

Olympic results:
*2016 Rio de Janeiro: athletics, ball push: 6th place with a score of 20.72m. Zw. Ryan Crouser (USA) – 22.52 m.
*2012 London: athletics, ball push: 1st place with a score of 21.89 m.
*2008 Beijing: athletics, ball push: 1st place with a score of 21.51 m.
*2004 Athens: athletics, ball push: dropped out in the preliminaries, 9th place in Group B (18th place adding up the results of both groups) 19.55 m.