Dariusz Kuć

Dariusz Kuć

Personal information
Nationality	Poland
Born	24 April 1986 (1986-04-24) (age 25) Kraków, Poland
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	100 metres, 200 metres
Medal record Men's athletics Competitor for  Poland Summer Universiade Silver 2009 Belgrade 4×100 m relay

Dariusz Kuć (born April 24, 1986) is a Polish sprint athlete. His personal best time over 100 metres is 10.15 seconds, achieved in June 2011 in Kraków.^[1]

At the 2006 European Athletics Championships he finished sixth in the 100 metres final and won a silver medal, running the anchor leg, in the 4×100m relay. He also competed at the 2006 World Indoor Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final. However, in Beijing he qualified for the second round after finishing fifth in his heat behind Asafa Powell, Kim Collins, Craig Pickering and Daniel Grueso. His time of 10.44 was the 9th fastest losing time after the 10.25 of Nobuharu Asahara, advancing him to the second round. In that second round he only came to 10.46 seconds, which was the seventh time of the heat, causing elimination.^[2] Together with Marcin Nowak, Łukasz Chyła and Marcin Jędrusiński he also competed at the 4×100 metres relay. In their qualification heat they did not finish due to a mistake in the baton exchange and they were eliminated.^[2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2003	World Youth Championships	Sherbrooke, Canada	2nd	Medley relay
2005	European Junior Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	6th	100 m	10.84
			2nd	4x100 m relay	40.03
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	10th (sf)	60 m	6.64 (iPB)
	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	6th	100 m	10.21
			2nd	4x100 m relay	39.05
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	24th (qf)	100 m	10.37
			–	4x100 m relay	DNF
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	39th (qf)	100 m	10.46
			–	4x100 m relay	DNF
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	6th	60 m	6.62
	Summer Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	2nd	4x100 m relay	39.21
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	31th (qf)	100 m	10.38
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	23rd (sf)	100 m	10.65
			5th	4x100 m relay	38.83
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	23rd (sf)	100 m	10.51
			4th	4x100 m relay	38.50

References

1. ^ http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/resultsevent.php?sex=1&enumber=40&CID=12811482&Season=2011
2. ^ ^{a b} Athlete biography: Dariusz Kuc, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 26, 2008

External links

• IAAF profile for Dariusz Kuć

Persondata
Name	Kuc, Dariusz
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Date of birth	April 24, 1986
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