Karol Zalewski

Karol Zalewski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkarɔl zaˈlɛfski]; born 7 August 1993) is a Polish athlete who specialises in the sprinting events.^[2] He reached the semifinals of the 2013 World Championships in the 200 metres. He is also the 2013 European U23 champion over that distance.

Karol Zalewski

Zalewski in 2021
Personal information
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1993-08-07) 7 August 1993 (age 32) Reszel, Poland
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event	Sprints
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Poland Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 4 × 400 m mixed World Indoor Championships 2018 Birmingham 4 × 400 m relay European Indoor Championships 2015 Prague 4 × 400 m relay European Team Championships 2021 Chorzów 4 × 400 m relay European U23 Championships 2013 Tampere 200 m 2015 Tallinn 200 m 2013 Tampere 4 × 100 m relay 2015 Tallinn 4 × 400 m relay Polish Athletics Championships 2013 Toruń 100 m 2013 Toruń 200 m 2014 Szczecin 100 m 2014 Szczecin 200 m 2015 Kraków 200 m 2016 Bydgoszcz 100 m 2016 Bydgoszcz 200 m 2017 Białystok 100 m 2017 Białystok 200 m 2018 Lublin 400 m 2019 Radom 4 × 100 m 2020 Włocławek 400 m 2022 Suwałki 400 m 2015 Kraków 100 m 2018 Lublin 200 m 2019 Radom 400 m 2021 Poznań 400 m Polish Indoor Athletics Championships 2014 Sopot 200 m 2015 Toruń 200 m 2015 Toruń 400 m 2016 Toruń 200 m 2018 Toruń 200 m 2019 Toruń 400 m 2019 Toruń 4 × 200 m 2021 Toruń 400 m 2013 Spała 200 m 2018 Toruń 400 m

Career

The Polish quartet of Karol Zalewski, Rafał Omelko, Łukasz Krawczuk, Jakub Krzewina broke the world indoor record in the men's 4 × 400 m with a stunning finish to the final track event of the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. Krzewina overtook the leaders from the beginning - Americans on the last straight and achieved the greatest success in their career.^[3]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Poland
2011	European Junior Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	–	200 m	DQ
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	4th	200 m	20.54
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	39.47
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.05
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	1st	200 m	20.41
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	38.81
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	20th (sf)	200 m	20.66
			11th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.51
2014	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	13th	4 × 100 m relay	39.31
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	8th	200 m	20.58
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	38.85
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	6th (sf)	400 m	46.84
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.97
	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	4th	4 × 200 m relay	1:22.85
			11th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.13
	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	1st	200 m	20.49
			–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.35
	World Championships	Beijing, China	40th (h)	200 m	20.77
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	8th (sf)	200 m	20.69
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	38.69
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	37th (h)	200 m	20.54
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.77 WIR
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	4th	400 m	45.34
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.27
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	11th (h)	400 m	47.451
	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	7th (B)	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.91
2021	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	4th	4 × 200 m relay	DNF
			9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.04
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	47th (h)	400 m	2:15.38
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	2:58.46
			1st	4 × 400 m mixed relay	3:09.87 OR
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	9th	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.51
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	6th	400 m	45.62
			9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.95
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	39th (h)	400 m	46.53
2024	European Championships	Rome, Italy	10th (h)	400 m	45.801
			–	4 × 400 m relay	DQ
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	12th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.21

¹Did not start in the semifinals

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 10.25 (+0.9 m/s, Bydgoszcz 2013)
• 200 metres – 20.26 (-0.3 m/s, Sopot 2016)
• 400 metres – 45.11 (Berlin 2018)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 6.75 (Spała 2016)
• 200 metres – 20.64 (Toruń 2018)
• 400 metres – 46.20 (Toruń 2018)