Mateusz Borkowski

Mateusz Borkowski

Mateusz Borkowski (2018)

Full name

Mateusz Borkowski

nation

Poland

birthday

2nd April 1997 (age 23)

place of birth

Starachowice , Poland

Career

discipline

800 m

Best performance

1: 45.42 min

society

LKB Rudnik (2011-2016)
since 2016: RKS Łódź

Trainer

Stanislaw Jaszczak

status

active

Medal table

World Relays	0 ×	1 ×
U23 European Championships	1 ×	0 ×
U20 European Championships	0 ×	1 ×

IAAF World Relays
bronze	Nassau 2017	4x800 m
U23 European Championships
gold	Gävle 2019	800 m
U20 European Championships
bronze	Eskilstuna 2015	800 m

last change: February 26, 2020

Mateusz Borkowski (born April 2, 1997 in Starachowice ) is a Polish athlete who specializes in medium-distance runs .

Athletic career

Mateusz Borkowski first competed in national youth championships in 2012, when he won the U16 title over the 2000 meter distance. A year later he was Polish U18 indoor champion over the same distance. In July he competed over 3000 meters at the European Summer Youth Olympic Festival in Utrecht, where he took first place in 8: 28.89 minutes. In 2014, he competed over 1500 meters at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing. There he reached the B final, in which he finished fourth in 3: 55.58 minutes and was thus 13th overall. At the beginning of the 2015 season, Borkowski increasingly focused on the 800-meter distance. Over this distance he entered the U20 European Championships in Eskilstuna. He survived the preliminary and semi-finals with times of just over 1:50 minutes. In the final he won the bronze medal with 1: 49.21 min.

In 2016 he also competed in the U20 World Championships in his home country of Poland over 800 meters, but was sixth in his prelim in 1: 50.93 minutes, but could not move into the next round. In 2017 he started at the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade, his first international adult championship , in winter . He failed as third in his preliminary run just short of making it to the semi-finals and took 16th place overall. In April he took part in the IAAF World Relays , the relay world championships, together with the Polish 4-x-800-meter relay . The Polish team won the bronze medal with a time of 7: 18.74 minutes. In July, like the U20 World Championships, the U23 European Championships took place in Bydgoszcz. In 1: 48.92 minutes, Borkowski just missed the podium as fourth. In August, he joined the Universiade as a student at the Kazimierz Górski Higher School of Sports in Łódź . There he started over 1500 meters and finished 12th.

In 2018, Borkowski started over 800 meters at the European Championships in Berlin. After surviving the preliminary and semi-finals, he increased his best time in the final to 1: 45.42 minutes and came in fifth. At the European Indoor Championships in Glasgow in 2019, he failed in the pre-run over the 800 meters and finished eleventh. In July he last competed at the U23 European Championships and was able to win the title in 1: 48.75 minutes.

Major competitions

year	event	place	space	discipline	time
Starts for PolandPoland
2013	European Summer Youth Olympic Festival	Netherlands Utrecht	1.	3000 m	8: 28.89 min
2014	Youth Olympic Games	China People's Republic Nanjing	13.	1500 m	3: 55.58 min
2015	U20 European Championships	Sweden Eskilstuna	3.	800 m	1: 49.21 min
2016	U20 world championships	Poland Bydgoszcz	22nd	800 m	1: 50.93 min
2017	European Indoor Championships	Serbia Belgrade	16.	800 m	1: 50.08 min
	IAAF World Relays	Bahamas Nassau	3.	4 x 800 m	7: 18.74 min
	U23 European Championships	Poland Bydgoszcz	4th	800 m	1: 48.92 min
	Universiade	Chinese Taipei Taipei	12.	1500 m	3: 50.99 min
2018	European championships	Germany Berlin	5.	800 m	1: 45.42 min
2019	European Indoor Championships	Scotland Scotland	11.	800 m	1: 48.82 min
2019	U23 European Championships	Sweden Gävle	1.	800 m	1: 48.75 min