Piotr Haczek (born 26 January 1977 in Żywiec, Śląskie) is a Polish former athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. An outdoor and indoor world champion in the 4 x 400 metres relay, his success came mainly in relay, his best individual performance being a gold medal at the 1999 European Under 23 Championships. After retiring from competition he became an athletics coach: among the roles he has held are sports director and head coach of the Polish Athletic Association and sprints coach for Scottish Athletics. Personal bests 100 metres - 10.58 (1998) 200 metres - 20.97 (2000) 400 metres - 45.43 (2000) Achievements See also Polish records in athletics Notes External links Polish male sprinters 1977 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Poland World Athletics Championships medalists People from Żywiec European Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from Silesian Voivodeship Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Skra Warszawa athletes World Athletics Indoor Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games Polish athletics coaches