Maksymilian Szwed
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| Nationality | Polish | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 August 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m: 45.18 (Madrid, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Maksymilian Szwed (born 6 August 2004) is a Polish sprinter. He became Polish national 400 metres champion in 2024. He set new European U23 and Polish national indoor records to win the silver medal at that distance at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]
Career
He is a ADS Łódź athlete. was a bronze medalist in the 400 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem.[2]
He competed as part of the Polish mixed 4 × 400 m relay team at the World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas which qualified for the Paris Olympics.[3]
He ran at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024, in both the Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay and the Men's 4 × 400 metres relay.[4][5] He won the Polish Athletics Championships over 400 metres in Bydgoszcz in June 2024 in a time of 45.25 seconds and broke the 20-year-old Polish Under-23 Record of Marek Plawgo.[6][7]
He ran in the Mixed 4 × 400 m relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[8] He also competed in the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the Games.[9]
He ran an indoors personal best of 45.69 to qualify for the semi finals of the 400 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships. He won his semi-final on 7 March 2025, with a time of 45.78 seconds.[10][11] He subsequently went faster again to win the silver medal in the final, setting a European U23 and Polish indoor record of 45.31 seconds to finish behind only Atilla Molnar of Hungary.[12] He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Men's 4 × 400 metres relay in May 2025.[13] He also competed in the Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the event.[14]
He represented Poland at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Madrid, where he ran a personal best 45.18 seconds for the 400 metres and was a member of the Polish mixed 4x400 metres relay team which set a national record in winning the race.[15][16]
References
- ^ "Maksymilian Szwed". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ Leszczyńska, Aleksandra (13 August 2023). "Maksymilian Szwed bronze medalist of the European Under-20 Championships". pasja.azs.pl. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "4X400 METRES RELAY". World Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ Kalemba, Tomasz. "The captain of the Polish national team did not bite her tongue. Aggression in the change zone". imertia.pl. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ Klemba, Andrew. "Automation technician goes to Paris to pursue more dreams. "We can do it"". Inertia.pl. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Polish Championships". World Athletics. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ Kalemba, Thomasz (3 August 2024). "Polish relay team in the final. They will defend their gold. Protest has already been filed". inertia.pl. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Men's 4 x 400 Metres Relay - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ Crumley, Euan (7 March 2025). "Agony for Amber Anning at European Indoors". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ^ Crumpey, Euan (7 March 2025). "Mixed 1500m fortunes for Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Georgia Hunter Bell". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ^ "Skotheim sets European heptathlon record in Apeldoorn". World Athletics. 8 March 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ "Men's 4x400 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ "Mixed 4x400 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ "European Athletics Team Championships First Division". World Athletics. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ Broadbent, Chris (29 June 2025). "Mixed relay specialists Poland win again at Madrid 2025". Retrieved 30 June 2025.
External links
- Maksymilian Szwed at World Athletics
- Maksymilian Szwed at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Maksymilian Szwed at Olympics.com
- Maksymilian Szwed at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (in Polish)
- Maksymilian Szwed at the Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki (in Polish)