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  Race Walking Record Weblog
Robert Korzeniowski, who won both the 50k and 20k titles in Sydney, will be defending his 50k title in Athens but will be taking time out to advise Heffernan...
CNN - Poland's Robert Korzeniowski, winner of three Olympic golds in race walking is one of 32 athletes vying for places on the IOC athletes' commission.
Matthews insists: "Robert Korzeniowski is surely the greatest walker of all-time with three Olympic, three world and two European gold medals," tipping the Pole to win the 50K walk from the Russian duo of German Skurygin and Aleksey Voyevodin.
radio.weblogs.com /0132470/categories/robertKorzeniowski   (709 words)

  
  Robert Korzeniowski - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Robert Korzeniowski (born July 30, 1968 in Lubaczów, Poland) is a former Polish racewalker.
Korzeniowski is a three-peat winner of the 50 km walk at the Summer Olympics.
Robert Korzeniowski, External link, 1968 births, Living people, Polish racewalkers, Athletes at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Athletes at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Athletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Athletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics and World record holders.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Robert_Korzeniowski   (226 words)

  
 rediff.com: sports channel - Korzeniowski wins his second world 50 km walk
Korzeniowski, the only man to win the walk double at an Olympics, took the lead around the halfway mark, winning in three hours 42.08 -- the fastest time in the world this year.
Korzeniowski, the 1997 world champion, entered the stadium to the cheers of a large Polish contingent, pumped the air with outstretched arms and jogged a lap of victory.
Korzeniowski, who has a smooth technique and is rarely disqualified, reeled his compatriot in and surged ahead never to be challenged, much to the delight of his Polish supporters.
www.rediff.com /sports/2001/aug/12walk.htm   (627 words)

  
 Korzeniowski brings 20-year career to a close
In the confusion Poland's Robert Korzeniowski discovered he had been elevated from second to first place, giving him the chance to become the first man to win the 20 and 50 kms double.
Korzeniowski set a world best of three hours 36 minutes three seconds but was not technically entitled to the $100,000 awarded to athletes who broke a world record at the championships.
Korzeniowski won his 15th national title in July to celebrate 20 years of competition before heading to the Pyrenees for a month's altitude training.
www.rediff.com /sports/2004/jul/28korzen.htm   (557 words)

  
 Korzeniowski wins historic third 50km walk
Robert Korzeniowski's long road came to a end on Friday when the Pole won an unprecedented third Olympic 50 kilometre race walk title in a row.
Korzeniowski grabbed a Polish flag as he entered the stadium and crossed the line holding it in his teeth.
Korzeniowski, on his own with a third of the race remaining, was 51 seconds ahead of Nizhegorodov at 40km and he increased that to 1:32 by 45 before sealing his triumph.
specials.rediff.com /sports/2004/aug/27oly-ath7.htm   (589 words)

  
 Active.com - Polish walker clinches first-ever Olympic double   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Korzeniowski, who won gold in the 20-kilometer walk last week when Mexican Bernardo Segura was disqualified after crossing the finish line first, overcame 90 percent humidity to break away from the field about 8 kilometers (5 miles) from the end.
Korzeniowski said his focus going into the Games was the longer race, but he decided to add the 20-kilometer to his schedule after improving his speed consistently throughout the season.
Judges disqualified eight of the 56 starters for failing to keep contact between the shoe and ground or illegally bending the knees in the highly technical discipline, while a further nine failed to finish because of the sweltering conditions.
www.active.com /story.cfm?story_id=5077&sidebar=491&category=olympics_2000_track_field&CFID=726910&CFTOKEN=28735976   (439 words)

  
 Korzeniowski wins another walk gold - Breaking News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Robert Korzeniowski of Poland walked himself into the history books when he won his fourth Olympic title by sauntering home in the 50 kilometre walk.
Korzeniowski had been part of a four man group that were clear at the halfway mark, but at the 30km mark he and Deakes put on a spurt together and went 50 metres clear of the other two.
Korzeniowski, on his own with a third of the race left, was 51 seconds ahead at 40km and forged further clear.
www.theage.com.au - !http: //www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/27/1093518090439.html   (463 words)

  
 Robert Korzeniowski, Polish Olympic racewalker | WFP - Latest news - WFPeople
Poland's Robert Korzeniowski made Olympic racewalking history in Athens 2004 by winning a record third consecutive gold in the men's 50 kilometre event.
It was Korzeniowski's fourth Olympic title, after previous victories in Sydney 2000, where he became the first racewalker to claim the 20-50km walk double, and Atlanta 1996.
Over the coming years, Korzeniowski plans to use his international profile to help WFP push child hunger up the humanitarian agenda.
www.wfp.org /english/?ModuleID=141&Key=25   (284 words)

  
 ULTRAMARATON
Robert KORZENIOWSKI dit effectuer beaucoup de travail dans cette zone qu’il qualifie lui même de non dangereuse et efficace.
Robert KORZENIOWSKI a passé deux heures à bien expliquer ce qu’il a fait à ses débuts sous la conduite d’un entraîneur qui est encore de nos jours à ses côtés, même si depuis 1995 il est lui-même le seul auteur et acteur de son entraînement.
Dans la deuxième heure Robert a insisté sur les sensations internes et la représentation mentale de son corps et des ses gestes notamment en matière d’appui au sol, de poids du corps, de centre de gravité, d’horizontalité des épaules et de la libération des articulations périphériques au bassin.
www.ultrawalking.net /racewalking/korze.html   (1119 words)

  
 Active.com - Mexican disqualified in 20K walk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Segura, Korzeniowski and Hernandez entered Olympic Stadium side by side after the walk, which took them first out of the stadium and through the streets of Sydney.
Korzeniowski said the same thing had happened to him in 1992 at the Olympics in Barcelona.
Korzeniowski won the Olympic 50-kilometer race in 1996 and plans to attempt the 50-kilometer double here.
www.active.com /story.cfm?story_id=4932&sidebar=491&category=olympics_2000_track_field   (392 words)

  
 Lubaczów [ www.lubaczow.pl ] - strona główna
Robert Korzeniowski uchodzi za perfekcjonistę w każdym calu.
Robert Korzeniowski, który urodził się w Lubaczowie, zapowiedział, że dopilnuje, aby dzieci były zadowolne z nowych propozycji zajęć sportowych.
Robert Korzeniowski jest w obecnej chwili najbardziej utytułowanym chodziarzem świata oraz, biorąc pod uwagę liczbę złotych medali olimpijskich, najlepszym polskim olimpijczykiem.
www.lubaczow.pl /go.php/pl/honorowi_obywatele/robert_korzeniowski   (944 words)

  
 IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
Korzeniowski didn’t rest on his laurels though; there was the final league 5000m track race for his AWF Krakow club two weeks later.
Race walking was popular in the part of southeast Poland where Korzeniowski grew up however for the 13-year-old Bruce Lee fan who wanted to take part in a sport after a bout of rheumatic illness, Judo was the first choice.
Such is Robert Korzeniowski's profile in Poland that from the beginning of November he is to take up the post of head of sport for State Television station TVP.
www.iaaf.org /news/newsId=27681,printer.html   (724 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Polish walker earns fourth Olympic gold   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
ATHENS (AP) — Robert Korzeniowski of Poland added to his record collection of gold medals in race walking with his unprecedented third consecutive Olympic victory Friday in the 50-kilometer walk.
In all, Korzeniowski, has won four Olympic golds — the last three in the 50-kilometer walk and the 20-kilometer event in Sydney four years ago, a race he won after Bernard Saguaro of Mexico was disqualified.
Korzeniowski, who has lived and trained in France since 1992, looked as if he was ready for another 50 kilometers.
www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/athens/track/2004-08-27-track-rdp_x.htm   (469 words)

  
 The Hindu : Korzeniowski clocks world best in 50km walk
Robert Korzeniowski added another World title to his collection on Wednesday.
Jesus Angel Garcia of Spain, expected to be Korzeniowski's main challenger finished sixth, while all the three Chinese in the fray, Bian Aiguo, Wang Yinghang and Yu Chaohong were disqualified.
Hungary's Robert Fazekas, the favourite was second at 69.01, while Belarus's Vasily Kaptyukh claimed the bronze with 66.51.
www.hindu.com /2003/08/28/stories/2003082800751900.htm   (1165 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta
Other disciplines such as the sprints and pole vault were regarded as the glamour events of athletics while walkers were ridiculed by spectators who dubbed them “ducks” because of their characteristic wobbly walk.
Korzeniowski, who is afforded a celebrity status usually reserved for soccer players and entertainers at home, will defend his 50km walk title on August 27.
After a disappointing Olympic debut in Barcelona in 1992, when he was disqualified from the 50km at the entrance to the stadium while in second place, Korzeniowski spent several years in France.
www.telegraphindia.com /1040415/asp/sports/story_3128107.asp   (574 words)

  
 TSN.ca - Print Story - Canada's Sports Leader
In all Korzeniowski, 36, has won four Olympic golds - the last three in the 50-kilometre walk and the 20-kilometre event in Sydney four years ago.
Nizhegorodov, 24 and fifth at last year's world championships, stayed with Korzeniowski thrhough most of the race and was just 30 seconds behind the leader with 15 kilometres to go.
Korzeniowski, who has lived and trained in France since 1992, looked as if he was ready for another 50 kilometres.
www.tsn.ca /tools/print_story.asp?id=96469   (331 words)

  
 Korzeniowski reitera su retiro :: Otros Deportes :: esmas.com
Korzeniowski reitera su retiro :: Otros Deportes :: esmas.com
Korzeniowski reiteró que los Juegos Olímpicos de Atenas 2004 serán su última competencia, por lo que tiene la intención de retirarse con una medalla olímpica.
Korzeniowski pronosticó que la prueba de marcha de 50 kilómetros que se desarrollará en Atenas será muy lenta debido a los factores climatológicos.
www.esmas.com /deportes/otrosdeportes/346283.html   (324 words)

  
 Warsaw Voice
A two-time Olympic champion, Korzeniowski has also become a three-time world champion, at the same time beating his own unofficial world record (officially, records are not noted in race-walking; see box for the final results).
Robert Korzeniowski is a graduate of Katowice's Academy of Physical Education.
Korzeniowski is married, with an 11-year-old daughter, Agata.
www.warsawvoice.pl /printArticle.php?a=3363   (1198 words)

  
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Robert Korzeniowski to ju¿ nie tylko wielki sportowiec, to tak¿e cz³owiek-instytucja.
Robert Korzeniowski urodzi³ siê 30 lipca 1968 w Lubaczowie.
Robert Korzeniowski po czterech latach od dyskwalifikacji w bramie stadionu w Barcelonie (szed³ wtedy po srebrny medal) dopi±³ celu - zosta³ mistrzem olimpijskim w chodzie na 50 kilometrów.
www.2gim.zory.pl /iso/glowna.php?m=8&t=9   (622 words)

  
 Robert Korzeniowski - Sciaga.pl
Któregoś dnia, a było to na początku maja 1984 roku, trener zaproponował, by Robert przeszedł jedno okrążenie stadionu.
Sami musicie zatem przyznać, że Robert Korzeniowski to osobowość niezwykła.
Robert Korzeniowski zdobył w Sydney drugi złoty medal olimpijski w chodzie - po tym jak 22 września wygrał na dystansie 20 km - Polak obronił tytuł mistrza olimpijskiego z Atlanty z 1996 r.
www.sciaga.pl /tekst/6940-7-robert_korzeniowski   (732 words)

  
 European Athletics - Coach Korzeniowski still walking the walk
The shadow of the greatest race walker of recent times, Robert Korzeniowski of Poland, continues to linger over those battling to emulate him.
Korzeniowski, who is only 38-years-old this year, freely admits that he is still struggling to come to terms with not competing any more at the highest level, something he has been making up for by fulfilling multiple roles at Göteborg 2006.
Almost as memorable was the seventh place finish of Korzeniowski's younger sister, Sylwia behind Belorussia's Ryta Turava in the women's 20km walk.
www.european-athletics.org /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3979&Itemid=78   (706 words)

  
 IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
Robert Korzeniowski of Poland at the IAAF Press Conference in Naumburg
This new self-awareness was rewarded as Korzeniowski claimed the bronze medal at the 1995 IAAF World Championship 50km.
A measure of his consistency is Korzeniowski‘s fifteen consecutive Polish 20km titles.
www.iaaf.org /news/Kind=2/newsId=27681.html   (995 words)

  
 West Waterford Athletics Club Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Robert is the only race walker to have achieved the 20 k and the 50 k double at a major championship when he achieved it in Sydney and set an Olympic record in the 20 km walk on his way to recording the double.
Robert, now almost 36 years, will be having his last race in the upcoming Olympic games in Athens and is hoping to achieve his one last goal in an illustrious career by becoming the only man to win three Olympic titles at the same distance of 50k.
Robert is training at present for the Olympics and is walking over 100 miles a week.
www.westwaterfordathletics.org /news120104.shtml   (1991 words)

  
 Robert Korzeniowski, sportowiec i biznesmen, korzeniowksi robert, sport, telewizja, chód, portret   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Robert Korzeniowski często wygłasza również wykłady dla pracowników dużych firm stawiających sobie ambitne cele zawodowe.
Korzeniowski - jak sam twierdzi - lubi porządek, ale nie znosi sterylności i ułożenia pod linijkę.
Korzeniowski dba jednak o to, by ten bałagan nie przeniósł się na jego aktywność zewnętrzną.
manager.money.pl /ludzie/portrety/artykul/robert;korzeniowski;sportowiec;i;biznesmen,79,0,190287.html   (602 words)

  
 Feature Stories: Sahel Humanitarian Crisis, Mali: Poland's Korzeniowski appeals to fellow sportsmen, Press Releases: ...
Bamako, 21 April 2006 - Poland's quadruple gold medallist Robert Korzeniowski has appealed to his fellow sportsmen to use their international profiles to put the plight of Africa's hungry children on the international agenda.
During his visit, Korzeniowski learnt firsthand that basic education offers Mopti's children their only hope of escaping a vicious cycle of drought and soil erosion that barely allows families to subsist off small communal plots of land.
Korzeniowski said: "I have been amply rewarded for what I have put into the project by the approving looks in the eyes of the proud parents as I met their smiling children in their school playgrounds.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-6P3P2Q?OpenDocument   (383 words)

  
 wetteb.de - Robert_Korzeniowski
Seit 1992 lebt Korzeniowski in Frankreich, da er dort klimabedingt bessere Trainingsbedingungen vorfindet.
Robert Korzeniowski gilt neben dem Skispringer Adam Małysz als der populärste Sportler Polens.
Nach den Olympischen Spielen 2004 in Athen beendete Korzeniowski seine aktive Laufbahn und wird sich in Zukunft als internationaler Funktionär um die Popularisierung dieser Randsportart bemühen.
www.wetteb.de /wiki_Robert_Korzeniowski   (304 words)

  
 News from Poland - Athens 2004: Gold for Korzeniowski!
Robert Korzeniowski, 36, left his rivals far behind in men’s 50 km walk, winning the fourth golden Olympic medal in his career.
Winning gold in Athens, Robert Korzeniowski repeated his success form Atlanta (1996), when he was first in men’s 50 km walk, and Sydney (2000), when who got two golden medals - one in 20 km walk one in 50 km walk.
Korzeniowski’s medal is the ninth medal won by Poles in Athens 2004 – including three golden ones (Otylia Jedrzejczak – swimming, women’s 200 m butterfly, Robert Sycz and Tomasz Kucharski – rowing, Robert Korzeniowski – men’s 50 km walks), 2 silver and 4 bronze.
www.poland.pl /news/article.htm?id=123874   (262 words)

  
 YEHEY!Gadgets | Olympics - Guide for gizmo freaks
Korzeniowski had lent his friend his car when they parted after a training session, and minutes after Costin drove off the Irishman went headlong into a truck and had to be flown home for treatement.
Korzeniowski had been part of a four man group that were clear at the halfway mark, but at the 30km mark he and Deakes put on a spurt together and went 50 metres clear of the other two.
Deakes admitted initially when he had seen the three marks against his name that he had walked on with Korzeniowski hoping the judges had made a mistake, but when he saw one of them approaching him he knew it was game over.
www.yehey.com /gadgets/articles.aspx?id=6524   (589 words)

  
 The Hindu : He walks into the record books
In the end, of course, it was all well worth the effort for the Pole who became the first man in Olympic history to win the 20 km and 50 km walk double, retaining his title in the longer event on Friday in 3hrs 42m and 22s.
Korzeniowski had won the 20km event on the opening day of the athletics programme in 1hr 18m and 59s and it took him a total walking time of 5hrs 01m and 21s to create history.
As Korzeniowski removed his sunglasses to reveal the sweat on his face in the baking Sydney sun, Latvia's Agars Fadejevs took the silver and Joel Sanchez of Mexico the bronze.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/09/30/stories/01300007.htm   (303 words)

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