Kharatyk, Michal

Michal Kharatyk
Michal Kharatyk
	; Michal Kharatyk in 2016
general information
Full name	Michał Haratyk
Date and place of birth	April 10, 1992 (27 years old); Cieszyn , Silesian Voivodeship , Poland
Citizenship	Poland
Height	194 cm
The weight	136 kg
Club	AZS AWF Kraków
Trainers	Peter Jan Galen
Sports career	2009— n. at.
IAAF
Personal records
Core	21.88 (2017)
Personal records in the room
Core	21.47 (2018)
International medals
	European Championships
	European Indoor Championships

Michal Kharatyk ( Polish: Michał Haratyk ; born April 10, 1992 , Cieszyn , Silesian Voivodeship , Poland ) is a Polish athlete specializing in shot put . Silver medalist of the European Championship 2016 . Two-time champion of Poland. Member of the 2016 Summer Olympics .

Content

1 Biography
2 Main results
3 notes
4 References

Biography

His elder brother, Lukash Kharatyk , was also involved in shot put (personal record 18.82 m), but Michal himself came to the athletics club only at the age of 17 on the advice of his grandmother ^[1] . At the junior level, he did not differ in high results, not getting on the podium even at the national level.

Progress began with changes to the shot put technique. In 2014, Michal moved away from the traditional whip in favor of a circular mach, and this was the beginning of his rapid take-off in the world elite. A year later, he became second in the Polish championship with a personal record of 19.95 m ^[2] .

In the winter of 2016, Kharatyk showed the best result of the season in the world at competitions in Lodz - 21.35 m ^[3] . Further in the history of Poland, the core was pushed only by two-time Olympic champion Tomasz Majewski . At the first start in his career for the national team, the indoor indoor championship , it was not possible to repeat this result - only 19.48 m and 14th place.

In the summer season continued to show good results. He came to the European Championship in Amsterdam as the leader of the European season, led in the finals and eventually lost only to the current champion David Storl from Germany ^[4] .

He participated in the 2016 Olympics , but could not overcome the qualification.

In the summer of 2017, for the first time in his career, he won the Polish championship, and also set a personal record of 21.88 m. He participated in the World Cup , where he took fifth place in the final (21.41 m) - 5 centimeters was not enough for the bronze medal.

In February 2018, he won the national championship with his best indoor result - 21.47 m. At the winter world championship , in one of the strongest finals in history, with an attempt at 20.69 m he took only 10th place.

Key Results

Year	Tournament	Location	A place	Result
2016	Indoor World Championship	Portland , USA	14th	19.48 m
	Europe championship	Amsterdam , Netherlands	2nd	21.19 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro , Brazil	18th (qs)	19.97 m
2017	European Indoor Championship	Belgrade , Serbia	19th (qs)	19.18 m
2017	World Championship	London , UK	5th	21.41 m
2018	Indoor World Championship	Birmingham , UK	10th	20.69 m
2018	Throwing European Cup	Leiria , Portugal	2nd	21.18 m

Notes

Links

Profile of Michal Kharatyk on the website of the Polish Athletics Federation
Michal Kharatyk - profile on IAAF website
Michal Kharatyk's profile on all-athletics.com
Profile of Michal Kharatyk on the website of the European Athletics Association

[1] Michał Haratyk - nowa nadzieja polskiej kuli, do uprawiania sportu namówiła go babcia

[2] Człowiek z cienia pokonał Majewskiego. Dalej sponsoruje go babcia Aurelia

[3] Pedros Cup 2016. Michał Haratyk sensacyjny lider list światowych: Może dojdę do 22 metrów

[4] Amsterdam 2016. Michał Haratyk: Na 21 metrach nie zamierzam się zatrzymać (link not available)