Robert Jachimowicz

Robert Jachimowicz
Personal information
Nationality Polish
Born (1967-06-07) 7 June 1967
Sport
Country  Poland
Sport Athletics
Event(s) F52 Shot put
F52 Discus
Club START Koszalin
Coached by Aleksander Poplawski (club)
Zbigniew Lewkowicz (national)
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals 2000

Robert Jachimowicz (born 7 June 1967) is a Paralympian athlete from Poland competing in category F53 throwing events. He has competed at one Summer Paralympics, in Sydney 2000 and at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha he won the silver medal in the discus throw.

Personal history

Jachimowicz was born in Poland in 1967.[1] He is married and has one son.[2]

Career history

Jachimowicz first came to note as an athlete when he competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in the F51 Discus throw, but was disqualified and did not record a placing.[2] He next competed at the 2002 IPC Athletics World Championships, competing in both the shot put and discus but failed to complete either event.[2] After an extended absence for the sport, Jachimowicz represented Poland at the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships in Swansea, taking the silver medal. He took a second silver a year later, this time at the 2015 World Championships in Doha, despite struggling with injury.[2]

In 2016, in the buildup to the Summer Paralympics in Rio, he travelled to Grosseto in Italy to compete in his second European Championships. A throw of 19.42 was enough to give him the gold medal in the discus.[2]

References

  1. "Athlete Profile: Jachimowicz, Robert". paralympic.org. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "JACHIMOWICZ, Robert". IPC. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
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