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Robert Marek Korzeniowski (born 30 July 1968) is a Polish former racewalker who won four gold medals at the Olympic Games and three gold medals at World Championships.
Robert Marek Korzeniowski (ur. 30 lipca 1968 w Lubaczowie) – polski lekkoatleta, chodziarz, czterokrotny mistrz olimpijski, trzykrotny mistrz świata i dwukrotny mistrz Europy, były rekordzista świata w chodzie sportowym, najbardziej utytułowany polski sportowiec pod względem liczby zdobytych tytułów mistrza olimpijskiego.
Robert Korzeniowski of Poland wins the 50km Walk (© Getty Images) ”My life as an athlete has come to an end and that capped it. I am fulfilled,” announced Robert Korzeniowski after cementing his legendary status by winning his third straight Olympic 50km Race Walking gold medal at Athens.
The Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 were the setting for an unprecedented performance. In seven days, Robert Korzeniowski won both the 20 and 50km events. In the 50km, he finished 1 minute 18 seconds ahead of the runner-up, winning his second gold medal.
Robert Korzeniowski is the most successful race walker at the Olympics, with four titles. In 1996, 2000 and 2004, he won the 50 kilometres event, making him the only person to have won a race walking event more than twice.
Race walking may not be the most obviously glamorous of Olympic disciplines but for those in the know – such as four-time gold medal winner Robert Korzeniowski – it is the sport of kings. Here, the Polish hero sets the record straight, revealing just what it means to be a “walker” and explaining how he became the most successful one of ...
In a recent letter from the Polish Athletics Association, the IAAF has been informed of the official declaration of retirement by the world’s greatest ever race walker, Robert Korzeniowski.
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