Jarosław Kaniecki is a retired Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres

200 metres

A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

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He finished sixth at the 1988 World Junior Championships

1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics

The 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 1988 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada from July 27 to July 31, 1988....

 and reached the quarter-final at the 1991 World Championships. He also competed in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1991 World Championships, but the Polish team did not reach the final. He became Polish champion in both 100 and 200 metres in 1991, and Polish indoor champion in the 200 metres in 1991.

His personal best 100 metres time was 10.29 seconds, achieved in July 1991 in Kielce

Kielce

Kielce ) is a city in central Poland with 204,891 inhabitants . It is also the capital city of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Kielce Voivodeship...

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