Michał Haratyk

Michał Haratyk
Michał Haratyk (2016)
nation	Poland
birthday	10th April 1992 (age 28)
place of birth	Cieszyn , Poland
size	194 cm
Weight	136 kg
Career
discipline	Shot put
Best performance	Stadium: 22.32 m (NR) Hall: 21.65 m
society	KS AZS-AWF Kraków (2009-2017) Sprint Bielsko-Biała (since 2018)
Trainer	Piotr Galon
status	active
Medal table
European championships 1 × 1 × 0 × European Indoor Championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
European championships gold Berlin 2018 Shot put silver Amsterdam 2016 Shot put  European Indoor Championships gold Glasgow 2019 Shot put
last change: March 1, 2019

Michał Haratyk (born April 10, 1992 in Cieszyn ) is a Polish athlete who specializes in the shot put. In 2018 he won the gold medal at the European Championships in Berlin .

Athletic career

Since 2011 Haratyk has been taking part in competitions in the adult sector. At that time, in addition to the shot put, he also took part in discus throwing competitions. In the following years he steadily increased his best performances. In 2016 he took part in the World Indoor Championships in Portland , to which he came as one of the world's best in the current indoor season, but ended up 14th overall with a width of 19.48 m. The following summer turned out to be successful for him when he won the silver medal at the European Championships in Amsterdam behind the German David Storl with a width of 21.19 m. At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro he failed a good month later in the qualification.

In 2017 he took part in the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade , but failed in the qualification there. At the World Championships in London in the summer , he qualified for the finals, where he finished fifth with a width of 21.41 m.

2018 was his most successful sporting year so far. First, he finished tenth at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham . At the international Ostrava Golden Spike meeting in June, he improved his personal best to 22.08 m. At the following season highlight, the European Championships in Berlin , he finally won the gold medal with a width of 21.72 m in front of his compatriot Konrad Bukowiecki and defending champion David Storl . Haratyk also won gold at the 2019 European Indoor Championships . In July he hit the ball to 22.32 m during a competition in Warsaw, setting a new national record. At the World Championships in Doha, he was eliminated in qualification.

Major competitions

year	event	place	space	discipline	Expanse
Starts for Poland
2016	Indoor world championships	Portland	14th	Shot put	19.48 m
	European championships	Amsterdam	2.	Shot put	21.19 m
	Olympic games	Rio de Janeiro	18th	Shot put	19.97 m
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade	19th	Shot put	19.18 m
	World championships	London	5.	Shot put	21.41 m
2018	Indoor world championships	Birmingham	10.	Shot put	20.69 m
	European championships	Berlin	1.	Shot put	21.72 m
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow	1.	Shot put	21.65 m
	World championships	Doha	16.	Shot put	20.52 m

Personal best

• Shot put: 22.32 m, July 28, 2019, Warsaw , (Polish record)
  • Shot put (hall): 21.65 m, 1st March 2019 in Glasgow

Web links

Commons : Michał Haratyk  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Michał Haratyk in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Michał Haratyk in the database of European Athletics (English)