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{{short description|Polish athletics competitor}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[athletics (sport)|athletics]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{POL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2007 World Championships in Athletics|2007 Osaka]] | [[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|400 m hurdles]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2007 World Championships in Athletics|2007 Osaka]] | [[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2003 Birmingham]] | [[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2006 European Athletics Championships|2006 Göteborg]] | [[2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles|400 m hurdles]] }}
{{Medal|Competition | [[European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]] }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships|2002 Vienna]] | [[2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres|400 metres]] }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships|2002 Vienna]] | [[2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]] }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[2003 European Athletics U23 Championships|2003 Bydgoszcz]] | [[2003 European Athletics U23 Championships|400 m hurdles]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[2003 European Athletics U23 Championships|2003 Bydgoszcz]] | [[2003 European Athletics U23 Championships|4 × 400 metres relay]]}}
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'''Marek Plawgo''' (born 25 February 1981 in [[Ruda Śląska]]) is a Polish athlete. He mainly competes in the [[400 meters hurdles]], but he also starts in the [[400 meters]] and the [[4&nbsp;×&nbsp;400 meters relay]].

Although Plawgo lives in [[Bytom]], he represents KS Warszawianka Warszawa. His most important event is the 400 meters hurdles. He is the holder of the national record of Poland with 48.12s. gained during the 2007 World Championships in Osaka.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/athletics/n214222873.shtml |title=2007 Men's 400m Hurdles review |publisher=beijing2008.cn |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110118020606/http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/athletics/n214222873.shtml |archivedate=18 January 2011 }}</ref> Plawgo also holds the Polish indoor record in the flat 400 meters with his time of 45.39, which was achieved during the 2002 European Indoor Championships in Vienna.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.european-athletics.org/european-indoor-championships-best-performances-men.html |title=European Indoor Championships Best Performances Men |publisher=European-athletics.org |date=5 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305071034/http://www.european-athletics.org/european-indoor-championships-best-performances-men.html |archivedate=5 March 2011 }}</ref> He's a multiple-time champion of Poland in the 400 meters hurdles. In this event, the KS Warszawianka athlete finished the national championships first in 2001, 2003 and in the years 2005–2009.

==Introduction to the career==
Before starting the professional career, in 2000, Plawgo won the gold medal at the World Junior Championships in Santiago de Chile and finished third with his colleagues from the 4 × 400 meters relay. Several months later in Osaka, the 19-year-old Pole gained a great time of 48.16s and broke the national record of [[Paweł Januszewski]] (48.17s.). The achievement was repeated by Plawgo in the semi-final of the 2004 [[Summer Olympics]] in Athens.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.european-athletics.org/iaaf-world-cup/marek-plawgo-a-polish-icon.html |title=Marek Plawgo: a Polish icon |publisher=European-athletics.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819170444/http://www.european-athletics.org/iaaf-world-cup/marek-plawgo-a-polish-icon.html |archivedate=19 August 2012 }}</ref>

==Career as a senior athlete==
At the 2002 European Indoor Championships in Vienna, the Pole was first in the 400 meters and won another gold in the 4 × 400 meters relay.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=pol/athcode=176531/index.html |title=Biography and Honours of Marek Plawgo |publisher=IAAF.org}}</ref> The line-up of the Polish relay was Plawgo, Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Artur Gąsiewski and [[Robert Maćkowiak]]. One year later, at the European U-23 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Plawgo finished first with a good result of 48.45s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.european-athletics.org/european-u23-championships-best-performances-men.html |title=European U23 Championships Best Performances Men |publisher=European-athletics.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824212320/http://www.european-athletics.org/european-u23-championships-best-performances-men.html |archivedate=24 August 2011 }}</ref>

Quite disappointing for Plawgo could be the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]. The sportsman from Bytom was one of the Polish medal hopes. However, the best he could achieve was the 6th place in the Olympic Final.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/athletics/results/3532480.stm |title=400m hurdles results at 2004 Summer Olympics |publisher=BBC | date=3 August 2004}}</ref> Plawgo was also a member of the Polish 4 × 400 meters relay ([[Piotr Klimczak]], [[Marcin Marciniszyn]], Plawgo and Rysiukiewicz) which didn't manage to qualify to the final and was classified on the 10th position.

During the 2006 European Championships in Goeteborg, Plawgo won a silver medal in the 400 meters hurdles. His result in the final was 48.71s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tilastopaja.org/staticresults/eaa9235808.htm |title=400m hurdles results at 2006 European Championships |publisher=European-athletics.org}}</ref> One year later, in June, the Pole finished second at the Super League in Munich. Originally, the winner, [[Periklís Iakovákis]], was disqualified by the judges but later the decision was altered and the Greek remained first.

==The World Championships in Osaka==
The biggest success of Plawgo in the professional career was achieved in 2007, during the World Championships in [[Osaka]]. The Japanese city, in which he set the national record in 2000, remained lucky for the hurdler and he finished the competitions with two bronze medals. First of them was won, obviously, in the 400 meters hurdles. The Pole was outpaced only by the Dominican legend [[Félix Sánchez (hurdler)|Felix Sanchez]] (silver medal – 48.01s.) and magnificent [[Kerron Clement]] who finished first with 47.61s., establishing the best 2007 result in this event. Plawgo broke his own record of Poland with 48.12s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/results/gender=M/discipline=400H/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/result.html |title=400m hurdles results at 2007 World Championships |publisher=IAAF.org |access-date=28 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813070950/http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/results/gender=M/discipline=400H/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/result.html |archive-date=13 August 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Polish 4 × 400 meters relay was third in the final with 3:00:05, losing to the USA (2:55:56) and Bahamas (2:59:18). The final line-up was Plawgo, Daniel Dąbrowski, Marciniszyn and Kacper Kozłowski.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/results/gender=M/discipline=4X4/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/result.html |title=4x400 Metres Relay results at 2007 World Championships |publisher=IAAF.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090812105524/http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/results/gender=M/discipline=4X4/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/result.html |archivedate=12 August 2009 }}</ref>

==After the successful 2007==
After the championships in Osaka, Plawgo won three meetings. The most valuable victory was the first position at the Golden League meeting in Berlin, with 49.01s. The most successful year in the '81 born sportsman's career was crowned by winning the IAAF World Final in Stuttgart with satisfying 48.36s. Plawgo was granted the prize of the best athlete of September 2007 by the European Association of Athletics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.european-athletics.org/press-releases/vlasic-and-plawgo-are-athletes-of-the-month-for-september.html |title=Vlasic and Plawgo are Athletes of the Month for September |publisher=European-Athletics.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518155040/http://www.european-athletics.org/press-releases/vlasic-and-plawgo-are-athletes-of-the-month-for-september.html |archivedate=18 May 2011 }}</ref> He was classified on the second position by "Track and Fields News" magazine in their ranking of the best 400 meters hurdles runners in 2007 and on the third place in the IAAF world ranking. What's more, Plawgo came 7th in the contest of "[[Przegląd Sportowy]]" (the only sport daily newspaper in Poland) and was the winner of "Złote Kolce" contest in 2007.

Before the [[2008 Summer Games]] in Beijing, Plawgo became a medal hope of Polish fans again. Unfortunately, several weeks before the Olympic Games beginning, the Polish athlete caught an injury of his foot, which complicated his preparations to the most significant competitions of the season. Nevertheless, Plawgo made a good impression in Beijing. He repeated his '2004 performance and finished 6th with 48.52s.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/athletics/latest_results/default.stm |title=Athletics results at 2008 Summer Olympics |publisher=BBC | date=24 August 2008}}</ref>

==Competition record==
{| {{AchievementTable|width=auto|Event=yes}}
|-
! colspan="6" | Representing {{POL}}
|-
| 1999
| [[1999 European Athletics Junior Championships|European Junior Championships]]
| [[Riga]], Latvia
| 4th
| 400 m hurdles
| 52.17
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2000
| rowspan=2 | [[2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Santiago]], [[Chile]]
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 400 m hurdles
| [[2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|49.23]]
|-
| bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:07.05]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2001
| [[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Edmonton]], Canada
| 18th (sf)
| 400 m hurdles
| [[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|49.80]]
|-
| [[Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
| [[Beijing]], China
| 8th
| 400 m hurdles
| [[Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres hurdles|49.68]]
|-
| rowspan=4 | 2002
| rowspan=2 | [[2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Vienna]], Austria
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 400 m
| [[2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres|45.39]] (CR, NR)
|-
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:05.50]] (CR)
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[2002 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Munich]], Germany
| 4th
| 400 m
| [[2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres|45.40]]
|-
| 8th
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|DQ]]
|-
| rowspan=4 | 2003
| rowspan=2 | [[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Birmingham]], United Kingdom
| 7th (sf)
| 400 m
| [[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres|46.82]]
|-
| bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/2003/9th-iaaf-world-indoor-championships-2959/men/4x400-metres-relay/final/result#resultheader |title=4x400 Metres Relay men &ndash; 9th IAAF World Indoor Championships |publisher=IAAF.org |accessdate=2016-02-07}}</ref>
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:06.61]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[2003 European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Bydgoszcz]], Poland
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 400 m hurdles
| [[2003 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles|48.45]]
|-
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[2003 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:03.32]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2004
| rowspan=2 | [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Athens]], Greece
| 6th
| 400 m hurdles
| [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|49.00]]
|-
| 10th (h)
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:03.69]]
|-
| 2006
| [[2006 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
| [[Gothenburg]], Sweden
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| 400 m hurdles
| [[2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles|48.71]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2007
| rowspan=2 | [[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Osaka]], Japan
| bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
| 400 m hurdles
| [[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|48.12]] (NR)
|-
| bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:00.05]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2008
| rowspan=2 | [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Beijing]], China
| 6th
| 400 m hurdles
| [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|48.42]]
|-
| 7th
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:00.32]]
|-
| 2012
| [[2012 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
| [[Helsinki]], Finland
| 18th (sf)
| 400 m hurdles
| [[2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles|50.77]]
|}

==See also==
* [[Polish records in athletics]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{World Athletics||name=Marek Plawgo}}

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