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Biography
Marek Zakrzewski (born 18 December 2005)is a Polish track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter.
Career
A product of the Young Athlete Academy in Słupsk, Zakrewski was selected to compete at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia in August 2022, aged 16 years-old. Earlier that summer he won gold at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in the 100 metres.
In 2023, Zakrzewski completed a double with gold medals in both the 100 metres and 200 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships aged 17 years-old. He set a new personal best time of 10.25 seconds for the 100 metres. He set a new personal best of 23.64 in winning the 200 metres. He was the first man to do the sprint double in the competitions since Darren Campbell in 1991.
He was selected as part of the Polish 4x100m team for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023.