Kamil Herzyk

Kamil Herzyk
Personal information
NationalityPolish
Born (2004-04-14) 14 April 2004
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Middle-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal bests800m: 1:51.24 (2024)
1500m: 3:37.32 (2026)
3000m: 7:40.22 (2025) NR
5000m: 13:31.72 (2025)

Kamil Herzyk (born 14 April 2004) is a Polish middle-distance runner. He is the Polish national record holder over 3000 metres, and has won the Polish Athletics Championships over 5000 metres and in the 5k run.[1]

Biography

From Bielsko, he is a member of Just Team Bielsko-Biała.[2] He is coached by former runner Bożena Dziubińska.[3] He is the Polish U23 record holder in the 3000 metres indoors.[4]

Herzyk won the 5000 metres at the Polish Athletics Championships in Bydgoszcz in June 2024, running 14:02.09.[5] He competed for Poland in the U23 race at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey.[6]

Herzyk was runner-up to Filip Rak over 3000 metres at the Polish Indoor Athletics Championships in Toruń in February 2025.[7] In June 2025, he represented Poland over 5000 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Madrid, Spain, locks seventh overall in 13:51.91.[8][9] In August, he won the 2025 Polish Championships in Bydgoszcz in 14:13.70.[10] That summer, he also won the Polish U23 Championships over 5000m and won the Polish 5k run title, and finished in fourth place overall at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in the 5000 metres, in Bergen, Norway.[11] He set a new Polish national record of 7:40.22 for the 3000 metres in Germany in September 2025, breaking the record set by Bronislaw Malinowski in 1974.[12]

Herzyk ran a personal best of 3:37.32 for the 1500 metres in Toruń in February 2026 at the Copernicus Cup.[13] He was selected for the 1500 metres at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in March 2026 in Poland.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Kamil Herzyk". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  2. ^ "The sporting elite at City Hall. Kamil Herzyk and BKT Advantage receive their most important awards - photo". bielsko.biala.pl. 18 February 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  3. ^ "Kamil Herzyk has broken Poland's oldest record! We've been waiting for this for over half a century". Biegowe.pl. 3 September 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  4. ^ "New Polish record in the 3000 meters!". Warszawa.pl. 3 September 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  5. ^ "Polish Championships". World Athletics. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  6. ^ "Barnicoat and Anderson make it a British U23 double in Antalya 2024". European Athletics. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  7. ^ "Polish Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 27 February 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  8. ^ Broadbent, Chris (29 June 2025). "Youngsters Laros and Mononen win thrilling distance races at Madrid 2025". Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  9. ^ "European Athletics Team Championships First Division". World Athletics. 29 June 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  10. ^ "Polish Championships". World Athletics. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  11. ^ "TREWIR: KAMIL HERZYK ERASES MALINOWSKI'S 3000-METER RECORD". pzla.pl. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  12. ^ "Third fastest 1000m in history! Attaoui clocks 2:12.25 in Trier". European Athletics. 3 September 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  13. ^ "MINIMUM FOR THE WHITE AND REDS AT THE ORLEN COPERNICUS CUP. LIGARSKA IS THE LEADER IN THE WORLD STANDINGS". pzla.pl. 22 February 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  14. ^ "Poznaliśmy skład reprezentacji Polski na lekkoatletyczne Halowe Mistrzostwa Świata w Toruniu". TVP.pl. 11 March 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
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