Michał Piecha

Michał Piecha (born March 31, 1979 in Rybnik ) is a former Polish biathlete .

Career

Michal Piecha, student from Rybnik, made his international debut in the Junior European Cup in Friedenweiler and came second in the sprint. In Pokljuka he took shortly afterwards at junior world championships and finished seventh in the relay his best finish. At the beginning of the following season he first appeared in Hochfilzen in an individual in the Biathlon World Cup and was 94th. In 2003 he entered the European Championships in Forni Avoltri and took 23rd place in the individual as the best place. In 2004 he was placed in the top ten in the World Cup for the first time in Ruhpolding . With the relay around Wiesław Ziemianin , Tomasz Sikora and Grzegorz Bodziana , he took sixth place. In Ruhpolding he also won his first World Cup point in the sprint in 30th place. The highlight of the season was the European Championships in Minsk , where Piecha won the relay bronze. His last international race was the sprint at the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin , where he was 64th in the sprint.

Biathlon World Cup placements

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).

• 1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
• Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
• Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
• Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline

placement	singles	sprint	persecution	Mass start	Season	total
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Top 10					1	1
Scoring		1			10	11
Starts	9	16	2		11	38

Web links

• Michał Piecha in the IBU database (English)