Men
POL
Mateusz Krzeminski
POL- Date of birth30 Aug 2002
- HeightN/A
- ProfessionAthlete, Student
- HometownOpole
- Place of birthOpole
- Start skating Club He got involved in short track in 2012 in Opole, Poland. AZS Politechnika Opolska: Poland
- HobbiesSport. (pzls.pl, 28 Feb 2018)
- LanguagesEnglish, Polish, Spanish
- CoachN/A
- ChoreographerN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- Practice low seasonN/A
- Practice high seasonN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
He was named the 2016 Talent of the Year in Opolskie Voivodeship, Poland. (nto.pl, 07 Feb 2017)
"Go straight and left." (Athlete, 04 Nov 2018)
Canadian short track skater Charles Hamelin. (Athlete, 04 Nov 2018)
To compete at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. (pzls.pl, 21 Aug 2019)
Winning gold in 500m at the 2019 Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, competing at the 2019 European Championships in Dordrecht, Netherlands, and making his World Cup debut in 2018 in Calgary, AB, Canada. (pzls.pl, 21 Aug 2019; Athlete, 04 Nov 2018)
FROM FIGURE SKATING TO SHORT TRACK
He previously competed in figure skating at national junior level in Poland, and he says his training in figure skating gave him an advantage when he switched to short track. "I trained in figure skating for seven years, I also tried my hand at ice hockey. So, everything with ice skates. I learned how to skate when I was three-and-a-half-years-old. I think figure skating helps me a lot. Figure skating is mostly about the skating technique. Thanks to the fact that I trained it, I can focus less on technique now." (nto.pl, 07 Feb 2017)
He previously competed in figure skating at national junior level in Poland, and he says his training in figure skating gave him an advantage when he switched to short track. "I trained in figure skating for seven years, I also tried my hand at ice hockey. So, everything with ice skates. I learned how to skate when I was three-and-a-half-years-old. I think figure skating helps me a lot. Figure skating is mostly about the skating technique. Thanks to the fact that I trained it, I can focus less on technique now." (nto.pl, 07 Feb 2017)
He competed in figure skating at national junior level in Poland. (nto.pl, 20 Feb 2013)
He switched from figure skating to short track. "When I was 11 me and my parents faced the dilemma of whether I should continue with figure skating. It would require paying for training with an additional coach and no guarantee of success. I felt that short track would be the right move. I already had good results after my first competitions, which was also a decisive factor in my decision to pursue short track. I had a much better chance of achieving good results in this sport."
