Artur Janicki
Poland
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| NOC | Poland | |
| Born | 01 Feb 1998 | |
| Gender | Men |
| Residence | Lowicz, POL | |
| Occupation | Athlete | |
| Languages | English, Polish |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 37.64 | 16 Jan 2021 |  Heerenveen |
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| 1000m | 1:13.37 | 26 Jan 2019 |  Inzell |
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| 1500m | 1:47.18 | 07 Feb 2020 |  Calgary |
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| 5000m | 6:28.30 | 08 Feb 2020 | Calgary |
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| 10000m | 13:47.84 | 07 Dec 2019 |  Nur-Sultan |
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Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/Artur-Janicki-2271777272839409 |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Club / Team | UKS Blyskawica Domaniewice: Poland | |
| Reason for choosing this sport | "Because I love speed." He followed his older brother Sebastian into the sport. He initially trained in short track before switching to speed skating ahead of the 2013/14 season. | |
| Name of coach | Pawel Abratkiewicz [national], POL | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He took up the sport in 2008 at age 10 in Sanok, Poland. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Hero / Idol | Polish speed skater Zbigniew Brodka. (infosport.pl, 26 Dec 2020) | |
| Hobbies | Watching road cycling and athletics, cycling, playing the ukulele, travelling. (Instagram profile, 07 Aug 2021; pzls.pl, 22 Jul 2020; Athlete, 25 Nov 2019) | |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Finishing sixth in the mass start at the 2020 World Single Distances Championships in Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America. "I was competing with my speed skating idols, and I, a modest guy from Krepa [Poland], achieved the best result in the entire Polish national team." (infosport.pl, 26 Dec 2020) | |
| Other sports | He has competed in roller speed skating at national level in Poland. He won the M20 event [men's 19-29 age group] at the 2020 Mazury Marathon in Ruciane-Nida, Poland. (Facebook page, 10 Sep 2020; mazurskimaratonrolkowy.pl, 20 Sep 2020; wm.pl, 14 Sep 2020) | |
| Nicknames | Arczi (Athlete, 25 Nov 2019) | |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "As long as you fight you are the winner." (Athlete, 25 Nov 2019) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2021/2022 | European Single Distances Championships | Team Pursuit | 4 | |||
| 2019/2020 | European Single Distances Championships | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 6 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Single Distances Championships | Team Pursuit | 6 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Single Distances Championships | Mass Start 16 Laps | 6 | |||
| 2020/2021 | World Single Distances Championships | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 8 | |||
| 2020/2021 | World Single Distances Championships | Mass Start 16 Laps | 8 | |||
| 2018/2019 | European Allround Championships | Allround | 13 | |||
| 2021/2022 | European Single Distances Championships | Mass Start | 13 | |||
| 2019/2020 | European Single Distances Championships | Mass Start 16 Laps | 14 | |||
| 2020/2021 | European Allround Championships | Allround | 18 | |||
| 2022 | Olympic Games | Mass Start | 21 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2019/2020 | World Cup | Mass Start 16 Laps | 12 | |||
| 2020/2021 | World Cup | Mass Start 16 Laps | 18 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup | Mass Start | 19 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup | Mass Start | 27 | |||
| 2020/2021 | World Cup | 5000m | 33 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup | 5000/10000m | 36 | |||