Tomasz MAJEWSKI

Tomasz Majewski - Poland - 2008 Olympic Shot Put Champion (result)

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 15 August 2008

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    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Sunday, 30 August 1981
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Nasielsk, Poland
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Poland
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Tomasz MAJEWSKI - Poland - 2008 Olympic Shot Put Champion (result)

The top right photo above shows an ecstatic Tomasz celebrating after he had produced a fantastic new personal best of 21.51m during the final of the mens Shot Put at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. That terrific put extended his lead in the gold medal position - he had earlier recorded 21.21m - and despite Christian Cantwell's valiant last round effort of 21.09m it was Majewski who claimed the gold medal. It was his first medal of any sort at a major championship and it doesn't come any better than gold at the Olympic Games! The left hand pictures show Majewski during his new PB put of 21.51m.
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Men's Shot Put Final. 2008 Olympic Games
1. Tomasz MAJEWSKI  POL  21.51m
2. Christian CANTWELL  USA  21.09m
3. Andrei MIKHNEVICH  BLR  21.05m
4. Dylan ARMSTRONG  CAN  21.04m
5. Pavel LYZHYN  BLR  20.98m
6. Yuriy BILONOG  UKR  20.63m
7. Reese HOFFA  USA  20.53m
8. Pavel SOF'IN  RUS  20.42m