Szymański made his debut in the World Cup in January 2009 in Erfurt and took 14th place over 5000 m in Division B. His first individual race in the A World Cup he ran at the beginning of the 2010/11 season in Heerenveen , which he placed in 16th place finished over 5000 m. At the individual distance world championships in 2011 in Inzell , he achieved 11th place over 5000 m and eighth place in the team pursuit. In the 2011/12 season he came in the top ten several times in the mass start and thus reached ninth in the mass start World Cup. At the individual distance world championships in Heerenveen in 2012 , he finished 14th over 5000 m and eighth place in the team pursuit. The following season he achieved his first podium finish in the World Cup in Erfurt with third place in the team pursuit. In February 2013 he was tenth in the four -way competition at the speed skating world championship in Hamar . The following month he won the bronze medal in the team pursuit at the individual distance world championships in Sochi . He also achieved 16th place over 1500 m and 15th place over 5000 m. At the all-around European championship in Budapest in 2012 and the all-around European championship in 2013 in Heerenveen, he finished 11th in the four-way competition. At the beginning of the 2013/14 season, he won silver over 1000 m and gold over 1500 m and 5000 m at the 2013 Winter Universiade in Trentino . At the World Cup in Berlin , he came third in the team pursuit. In January 2014 he was eighth in the four-way competition at the European all- around championships in Hamar. In his first Olympic participation in Sochi in 2014, he won the bronze medal in the team pursuit. In the individual races he came in 15th place over 1500 m and 13th place over 5000 m. In March 2014, he finished ninth in the Grand Four Fighting at the Speed Skating World Championship in Heerenveen. At the third World Cup in the 2014/15 season in Berlin, he won his first World Cup victory in the team pursuit and over 1500 m. A week later he won again over 1500 m in Heerenveen. In January 2015 he finished ninth at the European all- around championship in Chelyabinsk . At the individual distance world championships in 2015 in Heerenveen, he achieved eighth place over 1500 m and sixth place in the team pursuit. At the end of the season he reached fifth place in the overall World Cup over 1500 m.
Szymański was Polish champion in 1500 m (2014, 2015), 3000 m (2015), 5000 m (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015), 10000 m (2012, 2013, 2014), in the four-way competition (2012, 2014) and in Little four-way fight (2015).
Personal bests
500 m: 35.97 sec. (installed on March 7, 2015 in Calgary)
1000 m: 1: 09.34 min. (installed on November 21, 2015 in Salt Lake City)
1500 m: 1: 44.46 min. (installed on November 20, 2015 in Salt Lake City)
3000 m: 3: 39.79 min. (installed on November 7, 2015 in Calgary)
5000 m: 6: 21.55 min. (installed on November 10, 2013 in Calgary)
10000 m: 13: 27.49 min. (installed on December 2, 2012 in Astana)
Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games
Olympic games
2014 Sochi : 3rd place team pursuit, 13th place 5000 m, 15th place 1500 m
Individual distance world championships
2011 Inzell : 8th place team pursuit, 11th place 5000 m
Poland
Berlin
Heerenveen