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{{Short description|Polish canoeist (born 1973)}}
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[Canoe racing|canoe sprint]]}}
{{MedalCount
|[[Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]|0|0|1
|[[World Rowing Championships|World Championships]]|2|3|0
|[[European Rowing Championships|European Championships]]|0|0|3
|'''Total'''|'''2'''|'''3'''|'''3'''
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{{MedalBronze|[[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]|[[Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 500 metres|K-1 500 m]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1995 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1995 Duisburg]]|K-1 200 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[1995 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1995 Duisburg]]|K-1 500 m}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1993 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1993 Copenhagen]]|K-4 10000 m}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1994 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1994 Mexico City]]|K-4 1000 m}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1999 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1999 Milan]]|K-4 200 m}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Canoe Sprint European Championships|European Championships]] }}
{{MedalBronze|[[1997 Canoe Sprint European Championships|1997 Plovdiv]]|K4-200 m }}
{{MedalBronze|[[1997 Canoe Sprint European Championships|1997 Plovdiv]]|K4-1000 m }}
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'''Piotr Markiewicz''' (born 23 September 1973 in [[Sejny]], [[Podlaskie]]) is a Polish [[canoe racing|sprint canoeist]] who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s (decade). At the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta]], he won the bronze medal in the K-1 500 m event.

Known for his devastating sprint finish, Markiewicz won his first national champion 1993. Initially representing in the K-4 event, he won two medals in the K-4 events at the [[ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships]] with silvers in [[1993 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1993]] (K-4 10000 m) and [[1994 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1994]] (K-4 1000 m).

Markiewicz's personality better suited him to the individual K-1 events where he won the K-1 200 m and K-1 500 m events at the [[1995 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1995]]

As reigning world champion, he went to the 1996 Games as favorite in the K-1 500 m event, but did not live up to expectations. Markiewicz ended up settling for bronze in the K-1 500 m event after finishing fourth in the K-4 1000 m event.

After the Olympics, he won his last medal in [[1999 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1999]] with a silver medal in the K-4 200 m event. Markiewicz retired in 2001 after a [[car accident]].

Markiewicz was a member of the [[Sparta Augustów]] club. He is {{convert|184|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} tall and raced at {{convert|84|kg|lb|abbr=on}}.

For his sport achievements, he received: <br>
[[Image:POL Srebrny Krzyż Zasługi BAR.svg|65px|Silver Cross of Merit]] Silver [[Cross of Merit (Poland)|Cross of Merit]] in 1996.

==References==
*{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105013709/http://canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=2010-01-05 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 }}
*{{Webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=2009-11-09 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070310220043/http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2630/piotrmarkiewicz2fp8.jpg Photo 1]
*[http://www.pzkaj.pl/historia/markiewicz.html Polish Canoe Federation profile and interview] {{in lang|pl}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035147/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/piotr-markiewicz-1.html Sports-reference.com profile]

{{Footer World Champions Canoe Sprint K-1 200 m Men}}
{{Footer World Champions Canoe Sprint K-1 500 m Men}}

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[[Category:1973 births]]
[[Category:Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Poland]]
[[Category:Olympic canoeists for Poland]]
[[Category:Polish male canoeists]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in canoeing]]
[[Category:People from Sejny County]]
[[Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Podlaskie Voivodeship]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:20th-century Polish sportsmen]]


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