Sylwester Bednarek

Sylwester Bednarek (Polish pronunciation: [sɨlˈvɛstɛr bɛdˈnarɛk]; born 28 April 1989) is a Polish high jumper. He won the bronze medal at the 2009 World Championships and gold at the 2017 European Indoor Championships.

Sylwester Bednarek

Bednarek in 2016
Personal information
Born	28 April 1989 Łódź, Poland
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 4 in)
Sport
Country	Poland
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	High jump
Club	RKS Łódź
Coached by	Lech Krakowiak Michał Lićwinko
Medal record Men’s Athletics Representing  Poland World Championships 2009 Berlin High jump European Indoor Championships 2017 Belgrade High jump World Junior Championships 2008 Bydgoszcz High jump European Athletics U23 Championships 2009 Kaunas High jump

Life and career

Bednarek was born in Łódź. He finished fourth at the 2005 World Youth Championships and the 2006 World Junior Championships, finished sixth at the 2007 European Junior Championships and won the silver medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships. He also competed at the 2009 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final.[1] He underwent knee surgery due to an injury in 2010 and returned to competition. He was tenth at the 2010 European Athletics Championships but pain persisted in his knee into the 2011 season and he decided to undergo further surgery with an eye on being in his best shape for the 2012 London Olympics.[2] Unfortunately, at the national championships soon before the Games, he ruptured the Achilles tendon in his other leg[3] and only returned to competition in 2013. In 2017, he won the gold medal at the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade.

His personal best jump is 2.32 metres, achieved in August 2009 in Berlin at the World Championships. He has achieved 2.33 metres indoors, a mark set in February 2017 in Banska Bystrica.[1]

For his sport achievements, he received:
Golden Cross of Merit in 2009.[4]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Poland
2005	World Youth Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	4th	2.18 m
2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	4th	2.23 m
2007	European Junior Championships	Hengelo, Netherlands	6th	2.21 m
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	2nd	2.24 m
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	14th (q)	2.22 m
	European U23 Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	1st	2.28 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	3rd	2.32 m
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	10th	2.19 m
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	9th (q)	2.24 m
	Universiade	Gwangju, South Korea	6th	2.20 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	33rd (q)	2.22 m
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	16th (q)	2.23 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	30th (q)	2.22 m
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	1st	2.32 m
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	20th (q)	2.26 m
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	5th	2.25 m
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	7th	2.24 m
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	6th	2.22 m

Personal bests

• Outdoor: 2.32 m (2009)
• Indoor: 2.33 m (2017)

References

1. Sylwester Bednarek at World Athletics
2. Bad news for Polish high jumper Bednarek, out for the season. European Athletics (2011-05-03). Retrieved on 2011-05-30.
3. "Kontuzja Sylwestra Bednarka na lekkoatletycznych mistrzostwach Polski w Bielsku-Białej" (in Polish). Nasze Miasto. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
4. Prezydent.pl Archived 2012-07-08 at Archive.today