Arkadiusz Sowa
Polish marathon runner (born 1979)
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Arkadiusz Rafał Sowa (born March 2, 1979) is a Polish marathon runner.[1] He set a personal best time of 2:12:00, by finishing seventh at the 2007 Berlin Marathon.[2]
FullnameArkadiusz Rafał Sowa
Nationality
Poland
PolandBorn2 March 1979
Sosnowiec, Poland
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Arkadiusz Rafał Sowa |
| Nationality | Poland |
| Born | 2 March 1979 Sosnowiec, Poland |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Marathon |
| Club | Grunwald Poznań |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | Half-marathon: 1:03:13 (2008) Marathon: 2:12:00 (2007) |
Sowa represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's marathon, along with his compatriot Henryk Szost. He successfully finished the race in fifty-fourth place by fifteen seconds ahead of Tanzania's Samson Ramadhani, with a time of 2:24:48.[3]
