Antoni Niemczak
Antoni Niemczak ( born November 17 1955) is a former Polish marathon runner.
In 1982, he was Polish champion in the 20 - km road race, 1984, 5000 and 1984 m and 1985 over 10,000 m.
In 1984, he won the Spring Marathon Vienna. The following year he came on the 27th place at the IAAF World Cup Marathon. In 1986, he was the overall winner at Dębno Marathon Polish champion and finished eighth at the European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart. In the autumn he arrived at the New York City Marathon as runner the goal, but was disqualified after being proved in his doping sample nandrolone, and banned for two years. Antoni Niemczak protested his innocence and said his dentist had given him after an operation the substance without his knowledge for better healing, which he confirmed in a letter to the New York race director. While this was inclined to believe Niemczak, pointed his rival John Treacy at the fact that this was, amazingly well regenerated in a two weeks later discharged 10 - km road race, he lay back in 28:15 min, the desired effect a doping with anabolic steroids was.
, He came second in the Twin Cities Marathon and the Columbus Marathon in 1989. In 1990 he was second in the Los Angeles Marathon, won the San Francisco Marathon and placed second in the Chicago Marathon with 2:09:41 hours a Polish record, which should have 13 years of existence.
In 1991, he did not reach at the IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, the target and was twelfth at the Berlin Marathon, he finished third at the Beppu - Oita Marathon and fifth in New York, 1993 Fifth at the Tokyo International Women's Marathon and 1994, third in Belgrade 1992 Marathon.
At the Tokyo International Women's Marathon 1995, he ran a second place, but was disqualified and banned for three months after he tested positive for ephedrine.
Personal Best
- 5000 m: 13:41,16 min, June 24, 1984 Lublin
- 10,000 m: 28:21,40 min, April 23, 1989, Walnut
- Half Marathon: 1:04:25 h, 1 August 1990 Gdansk
- Marathon: 2:09:41 h, October 28, 1990, Chicago