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{{Short description|Polish sprinter (born 1977)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = Piotr Haczek
| fullname       = 
| image          = Piotr Haczek 2000.jpg
| image_size     = 
| caption        = Piotr Haczek in 2000
| nationality    = [[Poland|Polish]]
| residence      = 
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1977|01|26|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Żywiec]], Poland
| death_date     = 
| death_place    = 
| height         = 1.88 m<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418024634/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/piotr-haczek-1.html Sports-Reference profile]</ref>
| weight         = 72 kg
| sport          = [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]
| event          = [[sprint (running)|sprint]]ing, [[400 metres]]
| collegeteam    = 
| club           = 
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{POL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1999 World Championships in Athletics|1999 Seville]] | [[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]}}<ref name="Pettigrew">The USA 4 × 400 team originally finished first in 4 × 400 m relay but was disqualified in 2008 due to [[Antonio Pettigrew]]'s confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.</ref>
{{MedalBronze |[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 Athens]]|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2001 World Championships in Athletics|2001 Edmonton]] | [[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]] }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2001 Lisbon]]|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1999 Maebashi]]|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1998 European Athletics Championships|1998 Budapest]]|[[1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]}}
}}

'''Piotr Haczek''' (born 26 January 1977 in [[Żywiec]], [[Śląskie]]) is a Polish former athlete who mainly competed in the [[400 metres]]. An outdoor and indoor world champion in the 4 × 400 metres relay, his success came mainly in [[relay race|relay]], his best individual performance being a gold medal at the 1999 European Under 23 Championships. After retiring from competition he became an athletics coach: among the roles he has held are sports director and head coach of the [[Polish Athletic Association]] and sprints coach for [[Scottish Athletics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://european-athletics.com/news/high-performance-conference-enhances-high-level-coaching-skills |title=High Performance Conference enhances high-level coaching skills |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=31 March 2019 |website=[[European Athletic Association]]|access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13059040.lessons-must-learned-examples-must-made/ |title=Where lessons must be learned, and examples must be made |last=Gillon |first=Doug |date=23 May 2012 |website=[[HeraldScotland]]|access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref>

==Personal bests==
*[[100 metres]] - 10.58 (1998)
*[[200 metres]] - 20.97 (2000)
*[[400 metres]] - 45.43 (2000)

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{POL}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1995
|rowspan=2|[[1995 European Athletics Junior Championships|European Junior Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Nyíregyháza, Hungary]]
|6th
|400 m
|47.42
|-
| style="background:#c96;"| 3rd
|4 × 400 m relay
|3:09.65
|-
|rowspan=3|1996
|rowspan=2|[[1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Sydney, Australia]]
|5th
|400 m
|[[1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres|46.29]]
|-
|6th
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:08.04]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Atlanta, United States]]
|6th
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:00.96]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1997
|rowspan=2|[[1997 European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Turku, Finland]]
| style="background:silver;"| 2nd
|400 m
|[[1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres|45.72]]
|-
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:03.07]]
|-
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
| style="background:#c96;"| 3rd
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:00.26]]<ref name="Pettigrew"/>
|-
|rowspan=3|1998
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]]
|[[Uniondale, New York|Uniondale, United States]]
| style="background:silver;"|2nd
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Goodwill Games – Results#4 × 400 meters relay|2:58.00]] (NR)
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1998 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Budapest, Hungary]]
|5th
|400 m
|[[1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres|45.46]]
|-
| style="background:silver;"| 2nd
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|2:58.88]]
|-
|rowspan=4|1999
|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Maebashi]], [[Japan]]
| style="background:silver;"| 2nd
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:03.01]] (iAR)
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1999 European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Gothenburg, Sweden]]
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|400 m
|[[1999 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres|45.78]]
|-
| style="background:silver;"| 2nd
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[1999 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:03.22]]
|-
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Seville, Spain]]
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|2:58.91]]<ref name="Pettigrew"/>
|-
|rowspan=2|2000
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Sydney, Australia]]
|12th (sf)
|400 m
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres|45.66]]
|-
|6th
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:03.22]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2001
|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Lisbon, Portugal]]
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:04.47]]
|-
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Edmonton, Canada]]
| style="background:#c96;"| 3rd
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|2:59.71]]<ref name="Pettigrew"/>
|}

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

==Notes==
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==External links==
*{{World Athletics||name=Piotr Haczek}}
{{Footer World Champions 4 x 400 m Men|1999}}
{{Footer World Indoor Champions 4x400m Relay Men}}
{{Footer U23 European Champions 400m Men}}
{{Footer U23 European Champions 4x400m Men}}
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[[Category:Polish male sprinters]]
[[Category:1977 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Poland]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:People from Żywiec]]
[[Category:European Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Athletes from Silesian Voivodeship]]
[[Category:Goodwill Games medalists in athletics]]
[[Category:Skra Warszawa athletes]]
[[Category:World Athletics Indoor Championships winners]]
[[Category:World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games]]
[[Category:Polish athletics coaches]]
[[Category:20th-century Polish sportsmen]]

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