Konrad Bukowiecki

Konrad Bukowiecki (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkɔnrad bukɔˈvjɛt͡skʲi]; born 17 March 1997^[1]) is a Polish athlete competing primarily in the shot put. He won the silver medal at the 2018 European Championships, gold medals at the 2017 and 2019 European Under-23 Championships, and gold at the 2017 European Indoor Championships.

Konrad Bukowiecki

Bukowiecki in 2017
Personal information
Born	(1997-03-17) March 17, 1997 (age 28) Szczytno, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland
Education	Police Academy in Szczytno
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	140 kg (309 lb)
Sport
Country	Poland
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot Put
Club	PKS Gwardia Szczytno Playas de Castellón (esp)
Coached by	Ireneusz Bukowiecki
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Outdoor: 22.25 m (2019) Indoor: 22.00 m (2018)
Medal record Athletics Representing  Poland European Championships 2018 Berlin Shot put European Indoor Championships 2017 Belgrade Shot put World Junior Championships 2014 Oregon Shot put European U23 Championships 2017 Bydgoszcz Shot put 2019 Naples Shot put European Junior Championships 2015 Eskilstuna Shot put Youth Olympic Games 2014 Nanjing Shot put European Youth Olympic Festival 2013 Utrecht Shot put 2013 Utrecht Discus throw Summer World University Games 2019 Naples Shot put 2021 Chengdu Shot put 2017 Taipei Shot Put Military World Games 2019 Wuhan Shot Put

In 2014 at age 17, Bukowiecki was the World junior champion and, the following year, European junior champion; he was voted European Athletics Male Rising Star of the Year that season. He is the Polish indoor record holder and a four-time national champion.

Career

Bukowiecki is coached by his father. He won the gold medal at the 2014 World Junior Championships and at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.^[2] In addition, he currently holds the junior indoor world record with the 6 kg implement, as well as world youth indoor bests with the 6 kg and 5 kg implements.

In his debut at the senior level competition, he finished sixth at the 2015 European Indoor Championships with the European absolute best with the 7.26 kg shot. Later that season he added the European Junior title to his accolades and competed at the 2015 World Championships where he, however, failed to record a valid mark.

During the 2016 indoor season Bukowiecki further bettered his European junior best with the senior implement to 20.61 metres. He later finished fourth at the 2016 World Indoor Championships in Portland.^[3] He initially won at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Athletics, but was disqualified for an anti-doping offense. It was later proved he took the substance (higenamine) unknowingly in the form of a diet supplement with a "doping free" inscription on the label and the IAAF only punished him with a "public reprimand".^[4]

At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Bukowiecki fouled out in the first three rounds of the final, failing to move into the final three rounds.

In 2019, he set his personal best result by beating the 22 meters barrier and achieving 22.25 m during the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial held at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów.^[5][6]

Personal life

Konrad Bukowiecki was born in Szczytno. His father, Ireneusz Bukowiecki, is a former decathlete. On 28 September 2024, Bukowiecki married Polish sprinter Natalia Kaczmarek with whom he had been in a relationship since 2018.^[7]

Achievements

International competitions

Representing  Poland

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event
2013	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine	5th	Shot put (5 kg)	20.10 m
	European Youth Olympic Festival	Utrecht, Netherlands	1st	Shot put (5 kg)	21.41 m
			2nd	Discus throw (1.5 kg)	58.35 m
2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	1st	Shot put (6 kg)	22.06 m
			25th (q)	Discus throw (1.75 kg)	52.92 m
	Youth Olympic Games	Nanjing, China	1st	Shot put (5 kg)	23.17 m
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	6th	Shot put	20.46 m
	European Junior Championships	Eskilstuna, Sweden	1st	Shot put (6 kg)	22.62 m
			13th (q)	Discus throw (1.75 kg)	54.43 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	—	Shot put	NM
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, OR, United States	4th	Shot put	20.53 m
	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	4th	Shot put	20.58 m
	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	DQ	Shot put (6 kg)	DQ (Doping)
			DQ	Discus throw (1.75 kg)	DQ
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	6th (q)	Shot put	20.71 m1
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	1st	Shot put	21.97 m WL PB
	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	1st	Shot put	21.59 m CR
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	8th	Shot put	20.89 m
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	2nd	Shot put	20.16 m
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	8th	Shot put	20.99 m
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	2nd	Shot put	21.66 m
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	11th (q)	Shot put	20.18 m
	Universiade	Napoli, Italy	1st	Shot put	21.54 m
	European U23 Championships	Gävle, Sweden	1st	Shot put	21.51 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	6th	Shot put	21.46 m
	Military World Games	Wuhan, China	2nd	Shot put	21.84 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	23rd (q)	Shot put	20.01 m
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	10th	Shot put	20.79 m
	World Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	13th (q)	Shot put	20.24 m
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	6th	Shot put	20.74 m
2023	World University Games	Chengdu, China	1st	Shot put	20.23 m
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	28th (q)	Shot put	19.21 m
2024	European Championships	Rome, Italy	17th (q)	Shot put	19.20 m
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	28th (q)	Shot put	18.83 m
2025	European Indoor Championships	Apeldoorn, Netherlands	10th (q)	Shot put	19.78 m
	World Indoor Championships	Nanjing, China	—	Shot put	NM

¹No mark in the final

National titles

• Polish Athletics Championships: 2016, 2019
• Polish Indoor Athletics Championships: 2017, 2022

Personal bests

• Shot put – 22.25 (Chorzów 2019)
  • Shot put indoor – 22.00 (Toruń 2018) NR
• Shot put (6 kg) – 22.94 (Bojanowo 2016)
  • Shot put (6 kg) indoor – 22.96 (Spała 2016) NU20R
• Shot put (5 kg) – 23.17 (Nanjing 2014)
  • Shot put (5 kg) indoor – 24.24 (Spała 2014) NU18R
• Discus throw – 58.42 (Suwałki 2017)
• Discus throw (1.75 kg) – 62.20 (Białystok 2016)
• Discus throw (1.5 kg) – 66.52 (Warsaw 2014) NU18R