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Medal record 
Artur PartykaMen’s Athletics Competitor for 
PolandOlympic Games Silver 1996 Atlanta High jump Bronze 1992 Barcelona High jump World Championships Silver 1993 Stuttgart High jump Silver 1997 Athens High jump Bronze 1995 Gothenburg High jump Artur Jerzy Partyka (born July 25, 1969 in Stalowa Wola, Poland) is a former Polish high jumper and two-time Olympic medalist. He won twelve national titles in a row, starting in 1989. He represented ŁKS Łódź.
His father is Algerian, his mother is Polish. He is one of the greatest high jumpers of all time; he is one of only 16 high jumpers to clear the height of 2.38 m or more. With that height he set the Polish record in high jump. Known for his truly graceful execution of the Fosbury flop technique, he made clearing the bar look somewhat effortless.
He won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He was also a three-time medalist at the outdoor World Championships: a two-time silver medalist (1993 and 1997) and a one-time bronze medalist (1995). He was also a silver medalist at the indoor World Championships in 1991. He also won two medals at the outdoor European Championships: silver in 1994 and gold in 1998. He won the gold medal at the indoor European Championships in 1998.
For his sport achievements, he received:
Golden Cross of Merit in 1996.Partyka has been the director of the indoor Pedros Cup in 2007, 2008, and 2009; a meet that takes place in Bydgoszcz. The competition was limitted only to high jumpers and pole vaulters, but as of 2009, world--class -- field shot put was added.
See also
External links
- IAAF profile for Artur Partyka
- Profile on Polish Olympic Committee
European Champions in Men's High Jump 1934: Kalevi Kotkas (FIN) • 1938: Kurt Lundqvist (SWE) • 1946: Anton Bolinder (SWE) • 1950: Alan Paterson (GBR) • 1954: Bengt Nilsson (SWE) • 1958: Richard Dahl (SWE) • 1962: Valeriy Brumel (URS) • 1966: Jacques Madubost (FRA) • 1969: Valentin Gavrilov (URS) • 1971: Kęstutis Šapka (URS) • 1974: Jesper Tørring (DEN) • 1978: Vladimir Yashchenko (URS) • 1982: Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) • 1986: Igor Paklin (URS) • 1990: Dragutin Topić (YUG) • 1994: Steinar Hoen (NOR) • 1998: Artur Partyka (POL) • 2002: Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS) • 2006: Andrey Silnov (RUS) • 2010: Aleksandr Shustov (RUS)
European Indoor Champions in Men's High Jump 1970: Valentin Gavrilov (URS) • 1971: István Major (HUN) • 1972: István Major (HUN) • 1973: István Major (HUN) • 1974: Kestutis Sapka (URS) • 1975: Vladimír Malý (TCH) • 1976: Sergey Senyukov (URS) • 1977: Jacek Wszola (POL) • 1978: Vladimir Yashchenko (URS) • 1979: Vladimir Yashchenko (URS) • 1980: Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) • 1981: Roland Dalhäuser (SUI) • 1982: Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) • 1983: Carlo Thränhardt (FRG) • 1984: Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) • 1985: Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) • 1986: Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) • 1987: Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) • 1988: Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) • 1989: Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) • 1990: Artur Partyka (POL) • 1992: Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) • 1994: Dalton Grant (GBR) • 1996: Dragutin Topić (YUG) • 1998: Artur Partyka (POL) • 2000: Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS) • 2002: Staffan Strand (SWE) • 2005: Stefan Holm (SWE) • 2007: Stefan Holm (SWE) • 2009: Ivan Ukhov (RUS) • 2011: Ivan Ukhov (RUS)
Categories:- 1969 births
- Living people
- Polish high jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Poland
- Olympic silver medalists for Poland
- Olympic bronze medalists for Poland
- Polish people of Algerian descent
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Polish athletics biography stubs
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