Paweł Czapiewski (born 30 March 1978) is a former Polish middle-distance runner. He was born in Stargard.
He came third in the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton in a personal best time of 1:44.63 (1 minute, 44 seconds, and 63 hundredths of a second). Later that month, he established a new personal best of 1:43.22. He later won the 2002 European Indoor Athletics Championships.
He officially retired on 21 July 2012 at the Janusz Kusociński Memorial, having earlier failed to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games.
Personal bests Outdoor 600 m – 1:16.83 (Kraków 2008) 800 m – 1:43.22 (Zürich 2001 NR) 1000 m – 2:17.22 (Kraków 2002) 1500 m – 3:40.14 (Biala Podlaska 2005)
Indoor 800 m – 1:44.78 (Wien 2002 NR) 1000 m – 2:19.00 (Erfurt 2001 NR) 1500 m – 3:38.96 (Stuttgart 2002)
Competition record Representing 1996 World Junior Championships Sydney, Australia 22nd (h) 800 m 1:53.02 1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 27th (h) 800 m 1:49.24 1999 European U23 Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 3rd 800 m 1:46.98 2001 World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal 6th 800 m 1:50.51 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 3rd 800 m 1:44.63 Goodwill Games Brisbane, Australia 4th 800 m 1:47.21 2002 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 1st 800 m 1:44.78 European Championships Munich, Germany 4th 800 m 1:47.92 2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 16th (sf) 800 m 1:46.33 2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 35th (h) 800 m 1:47.66 2009 European Indoor Championships Turin, Italy 10th (h) 800 m 1:51.39
See also Polish records in athletics
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