Jacek Bocian

Jacek Bocian (born 15 September 1976 in Kalisz) is a Polish former sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. His biggest successes came in the Polish 4 × 400 metres relay, including gold medals at the 1999 World Championships and 2001 World Indoor Championships, as well as the silver at the 1999 World Indoor Championships. In addition, he competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Jacek Boacian

Bocian in 2007
Personal information
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1976-09-15) 15 September 1976 (age 48) Kalisz, Poland
Sport
Sport	sprinting
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Poland World Championships 1999 Seville 4 × 400 m relay 2001 Edmonton 4 × 400 m relay World Indoor Championships 2001 Lisbon 4 × 400 m relay 1999 Maebashi 4 × 400 m relay European Championships 1998 Budapest 4 × 400 m relay

He has 400 metres personal best of 45.99 seconds outdoors (Kraków 2000) and 46.68 seconds indoors (Spała 1999).^[2]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Poland
1995	European Junior Championships	Nyíregyháza, Hungary	2nd	400 m	46.59
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:09.65
1997	European U23 Championships	Turku, Finland	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.07
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.59[3]
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.01 (AR)
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	1st	4 × 400 m relay	2:58.91
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	2nd (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.30
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.47
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.71[4]
	Goodwill Games	Brisbane, Australia	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.79