Tomasz Czubak

Tomasz Czubak ( born December 16, 1973 in Slupsk ) is a former Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 -meter run.

Internationally, he was particularly successful as a member of the Polish 4 x 400 - meter relay. At the World Athletics Championships in Athens in 1997, he became the first runner together with Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Piotr Haczek and Robert Maćkowiak the bronze medal in 3:00,26 minutes behind the teams from the UK and Jamaica.

The same Polish quartet - Czubak and Rysiukiewicz swapped positions - fetched at the European Athletics Championships 1998 in Budapest with a time of 2:58,88 min the silver medal behind the British squadron. In contrast Czubak missed in the 400 - meter race in fourth in 45.43 min just a medal.

The greatest success of his career Czubak celebrated by winning the world title in the 4 x 400 meters relay at the IAAF 1999 World Championships in Seville. He took in the final again the position of the starting runner of the Polish squadron, which was completed by Robert Maćkowiak, Jacek Bocian and Piotr Haczek. The quartet reached the goal while in 2:58,91 minutes in second behind the team of the United States. The U.S. season but was disqualified for a doping offense, its runner Antonio Pettigrew and lost the title to Poland. Czubak off from Seville in the 400 -meter run, reaching the semifinal round. There, he scored with 44.62 s a Polish national record, but this was not enough to enter the final.

Tomasz Czubak is 1,80 m tall and had a competition weight of 62 kg.

Bests

• 400 m: 44.62 s, 24 August 1999 Seville Hall: 46,84 s, February 4, 1998, Erfurt