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{{Short description|Polish shot putter (born 1981)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Tomasz Majewski
| image = Tomasz Majewski na stadionie Orła podczas 4. Mityngu Kamili Skolimowskiej 25 sierpień 2013.JPG
| image_size = 220px
| caption = Majewski in 2013
| nickname = The Silent Giant
| nationality = Polish
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|8|30}}
| birth_place = [[Nasielsk]], Poland
| education = [[Political science]]
| alma_mater = [[Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw|Stefan Wyszyński University]]
| height = 2.04 m
| weight = 142 kg (313 lbs)
| website = {{URL|tomasz-majewski.pl}}
| country = [[Poland]]
| sport = [[Track and field]]
| event = [[Shot put]]
| club = AZS AWF Warszawa
| turnedpro = 1999-
| coach = Henryk Olszewski
| worlds = {{Silver medal}} in [[2009 IAAF World Championship in Athletics|2009]]
| olympics = {{Gold medal}} in [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008]]
{{Gold medal}} in [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012]]
| highestranking = 
| pb = 21.95 in outdoor ([[Polish records in athletics|NR]])<br>21.72 in indoor ([[Polish records in athletics|NR]])
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Country | {{POL}} }}
{{MedalCount
|[[Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]|2|0|0
|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]|0|1|0
|[[IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]|0|0|3
|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]|1|0|1
|[[European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]|1|0|0
|[[IAAF Continental Cup|Continental Cup]]|0|0|0
|[[Summer Universiade]]|1|0|0
|'''Total'''|'''5'''|'''1'''|'''4'''
}}
{{Medal|Olympic}}
[[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]]
{{Medal|Gold|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put|Shot put]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put|Shot put]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2009 IAAF World Championships in Athletics|2009 Berlin]]|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put|Shot put]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2008 Valencia]]|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put|Shot put]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2012 Istanbul]]|[[2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put|Shot put]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2010 European Athletics Championships|2010 Barcelona]]|[[2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put|Shot put]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2014 European Athletics Championships|2014 Zürich]]|[[2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put|Shot put]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships|2009 Torino]]|[[2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's shot put|Shot put]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Athletics Team Championships|European Team Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2009 European Team Championships|2009 Leiria]]|[[Shot put]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2010 European Team Championships|2010 Bergen]]|[[Shot put]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2011 European Team Championships|2011 Stockholm]]|[[Shot put]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2013 European Team Championships|2013 Gateshead]]|[[Shot put]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2014 European Team Championships|2014 Braunschweig]]|[[Shot put]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2015 European Team Championships|2015 Cheboksary]]|[[Shot put]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Cup Winter Throwing]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2006 European Cup Winter Throwing|2006 Tel Aviv]]|Shot put}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Summer Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Athletics at the 2005 Summer Universiade|2005 Izmir]]|[[Athletics at the 2005 Summer Universiade – Men's shot put|Shot Put]]}}{{MedalCompetition|[[Jeux de la Francophonie]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2013 Jeux de la Francophonie|2013 Nice]]|[[Athletics at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie|Shot put]]}}
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}}

'''Tomasz Majewski''' (born 30 August 1981) is a Polish [[shot put]]ter and a double [[Olympic Games|Olympic]]  [[List of Olympic medalists in athletics (men)#Shot put|gold medalist]] ([[2008 Olympic Games|2008 Beijing]], [[2012 Olympic Games|2012 London]]). He is the third shot putter to successfully defend the Olympic title, first European to do so, and the first since [[Parry O'Brien]] in 1956. He also won the silver medal at the [[2009 IAAF World Championships in Athletics|2009 World Athletics Championships]] and gold medal at the [[2010 European Athletics Championships]].

==Career==
Majewski stands at 204&nbsp;cm (6' 8{{frac|1|2}}") tall and weighs 140&nbsp;kg (300 lb).

During the Olympic final in Beijing on 15 August 2008, he threw 21.51 meters for the gold medal, Poland's first Olympic medal in shot put since 1972 when the late [[Władysław Komar]] took the gold.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/a-polish-pirate-steals-shot-put-booty-in-beij |title=A Polish 'pirate' steals Shot Put booty in Beijing |publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations|IAAF]] |date=15 August 2008 |access-date=26 April 2018}}</ref> Majewski was also the first Pole to win gold at the 2008 Olympics.

On 25 July 2009 in Barcelona he threw a personal best of 21.64 m and few days later in [[DN Galan]] in [[Stockholm, Sweden]] he improved upon this with a throw of 21.95&nbsp;m, a new [[List of Polish records in athletics|Polish record]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Nesi, Lorenzo |date=30 July 2009 |url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/majewski-launches-2195m-shot-put-national-rec |title=Majewski launches 21.95m Shot Put national record and world lead in Stockholm – IAAF World Athletics Tour |publisher=IAAF |access-date=26 April 2018}}</ref>

At the [[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships]] he threw a personal best and Polish indoor record of 21.20&nbsp;m. However, the level of competition was so high that this was only enough for fifth place behind a [[Canadian records in athletics|Canadian record]]-breaking [[Dylan Armstrong]]. It was the first time in championships history that five men had gone beyond the 21&nbsp;m mark.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/event-report-mens-shot-put-final-1 |author=Landells, Steve |date=12 March 2010 |title=EVENT REPORT – MEN's Shot Put Final |publisher=IAAF |access-date=26 April 2018}}</ref>

In the outdoor season, Majewski competed at the [[2010 European Athletics Championships]] and won the shot put silver medal. His 21-metre throw was beaten by a single centimetre as [[Andrei Mikhnevich]] took the title. He had shoulder surgery in the latter half of the year. Focusing on the 2011 season, he said that the strong form of his opponents was more of an inspiration than an obstacle: "[[Christian Cantwell]] and [[Reese Hoffa]] [both] went over 22 metres last year, the good performances of my rivals doesn't make me angry or worried, instead it acts as the best sort of motivation to get up to their level".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.european-athletics.org/general-news/majewski-ready-to-rumble-after-shoulder-surgery.html |title=Majewski ready to rumble after shoulder surgery |publisher=[[European Athletics]] |date=11 November 2010 |access-date=11 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113221058/http://www.european-athletics.org/general-news/majewski-ready-to-rumble-after-shoulder-surgery.html |archive-date=13 November 2010}}</ref>

At the [[2011 European Team Championships]] he was the silver medallist behind [[David Storl]] and while his young German rival went on to win at the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics]], Majewski managed only ninth place with a best throw of 20.18&nbsp;m. At the start of 2012 he broke his own Polish indoor record at the [[BW-Bank Meeting]] in [[Karlsruhe]] with a winning mark of 21.27&nbsp;m.<ref>{{cite news |author=Gordon, Ed |date=13 February 2012 |url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/three-world-leads-as-middle-distances-steal-t |title=Three world leads as middle distances steal the spotlight in Karlsruhe |publisher=IAAF |access-date=26 April 2018}}</ref> In London 2012 he won the gold medal with a mark of 21.89 m and he became the first male shot-put thrower to defend his Olympic title since [[Parry O'Brien]] achieved that in [[1956 Summer Olympics|Melbourne 1956]].

==Hobbies==
His hobbies include [[basketball]] and playing [[video games]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/majewski-tomasz-1068152/ |title=Tomasz Majewski |access-date=23 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407161026/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/majewski-tomasz-1068152/ |archive-date=7 April 2013}}</ref>

==National honours==
For his sport achievements, he received:<br>
[[File:POL Polonia Restituta Kawalerski BAR.svg|65px|Knight's Cross]] Knight's Cross of the [[Polonia Restituta|Order of Polonia Restituta]] (5th Class) in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.archiwum.pzkol.pl/pekin_2008/prezydent_rp_odznaczyl_olimpijczykow-s2403.html |title=Prezydent RP odznaczył olimpijczyków |date=13 October 2008 |access-date=26 April 2018}}</ref><br>
[[File:POL Polonia Restituta Oficerski BAR.svg|65px|Officer's Cross]] Officer's Cross of the [[Polonia Restituta|Order of Polonia Restituta]] (4th Class) in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prezydent.pl/archiwum-bronislawa-komorowskiego/aktualnosci/ordery-i-odznaczenia/art,678,lista-odznaczonych-medalistow.html |title=Lista odznaczonych medalistów |publisher=[[President of Poland]] |date=2 September 2009 |access-date=26 April 2018}}</ref>

==Personal bests==
*Outdoor – 21.95 m (2009)
*Indoor – 21.72 m (2012)

His best attempt was in Sweden DN Galan (21.65 m, 21.95 m, 21.44 m, x, x, 21.83 m).

==Achievements==
[[File:Tomasz Majewski Turin 2009.JPG|thumb|Majewski took gold in Turin in 2009]]
[[File:Tomasz Majewski 2010-06-04 Bislett Games - cropped.jpg|thumb| Putting at the 2010 [[Bislett Games]]]]
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan=5|Representing {{POL}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2003
|[[2003 European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]
|[[Bydgoszcz]], [[Poland]]
|4th
|[[2003 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's shot put|19.92 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2003 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[Daegu]], [[South Korea]]
|5th
|[[Athletics at the 2003 Summer Universiade – Men's shot put|19.90 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2004
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Budapest]], [[Hungary]]
|4th
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put|20.83 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|18th (q)
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put|19.55 m]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2005
|[[2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Madrid]], [[Spain]]
|10th (q)
|[[2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's shot put|19.57 m]]
|-
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]
|7th
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put|20.23 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2005 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[İzmir]], [[Turkey]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 2005 Summer Universiade – Men's shot put|20.60 m]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2006
|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Moscow]], [[Russia]]
|6th
|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put|20.07 m]]
|-
|[[2006 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]]
|6th
|[[2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put|19.85 m]]
|-
|[[2006 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]]
|[[Stuttgart]], [[Germany]]
|7th
|20.13 m
|-
|2007
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Osaka]], [[Japan]]
|4th
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put|20.87 m]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2008
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]], Spain
|bgcolor="#cc9966"<!--bronze-->|3rd
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put|20.93 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Beijing]], [[China]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put|21.51 m]]
|-
|[[2008 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]]
|[[Stuttgart]], Germany
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|20.88 m
|-
|rowspan=4|2009
|[[2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Turin]], [[Italy]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's shot put|21.02 m]]
|-
|[[2009 European Team Championships|European Team Championships]]
|[[Leiria]], [[Portugal]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|20.81 m
|-
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Berlin]], Germany
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put|21.91 m]]
|-
|[[2009 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]]
|[[Thessaloniki]], [[Greece]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|21.21 m
|-
|rowspan=2|2010
|[[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Doha]], [[Qatar]]
|4th
|[[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put|21.20 m]] ([[Polish records in athletics|iNR]])
|-
|[[2010 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Barcelona]], [[Spain]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st<ref>(13 June 2013), [http://sport.wp.pl/kat,1762,title,Majewski-ze-zlotym-medalem-ME,wid,15730972,wiadomosc.html at Championskips was 2nd, but Andriei Michniewicz was stripped of his gold medal in 2013, after failure of anti-drug test in the 2005, according to prosecution] Retrieved 26 April 2018.</ref>
|[[2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put|21.00 m]]
|-
|2011
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|Daegu, South Korea
|8th
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put|20.18 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2012
|[[2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]
|bgcolor="#cc9966"<!--bronze-->|3rd
|[[2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put|21.72 m]] ([[Polish records in athletics|iNR]])
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put|21.89 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2013
|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|Moscow, Russia
|6th
|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put|20.98 m]]
|-
|[[2013 Jeux de la Francophonie|Jeux de la Francophonie]]
|[[Nice]], [[France]]
|bgcolor=gold |1st
|20.18 m
|-
|rowspan=2|2014
|[[2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Sopot]], [[Poland]]
|4th
|[[2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put|21.04 m]]
|-
|[[2014 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Zürich]], [[Switzerland]]
|bgcolor="#cc9966"<!--bronze--> | 3rd
|[[2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put|20.83 m]]
|-
|2015
|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Beijing]], China
|6th
|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put|20.82 m]]
|-
|2016
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]
|6th 
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put|20.72 m]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Tomasz Majewski}}
* {{World Athletics|14217130}}
* {{European Athletics|14217130}}
* [https://statystyka.pzla.pl/personal.php?page=profile&nr_zaw=1082 Tomasz Majewski] at the [[Polish Athletic Association|''Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki'']] {{in lang|pl}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com|tomasz-majewski}}
* {{PKOl profile|tomasz-majewski|old_id=1376,majewski-tomasz|archive=20200921171155}}
* [http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8324&Itemid=2 Poland's Majewski ready to bask in the Barcelona Sun]
* [//www.youtube.com/watch?v=FggRK3_8VP0 Tomasz Majewski gold medal at London 2012 Olympics, on official Olympic channel]

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[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Nasielsk]]
[[Category:Athletes from Masovian Voivodeship]]
[[Category:Polish male shot putters]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Poland]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Poland]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:European Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Skra Warszawa athletes]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Poland]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:21st-century Polish sportsmen]]
[[Category:Polish Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:Diamond League winners]]