Men
POL
Adrian Wielgat
POL- Date of birth10 Feb 1993
- Height179 CM
- ProfessionAthlete
- HometownElblag
- Place of birthElblag
- Start skating Club He began speed skating in 2004 in Elblag, Poland. GKS Stoczniowiec: Gdansk, POL
- HobbiesN/A
- LanguagesEnglish, Polish
- FamliyWife Wioletta, son Oskar [2017]
- CoachN/A
- ChoreographerN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- Practice low seasonN/A
- Practice high seasonN/A
- General Interest
"Per aspera ad astra." [Through hardship to the stars] (Athlete, 15 Nov 2019)
Polish speed skater Zbigniew Brodka. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2019)
Polish speed skater Zbigniew Brodka. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2019)
Competing at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang and winning bronze in team pursuit at the 2018 European Championships in Kolomna, Russian Federation. (Athlete, 17 Nov 2018; pzls.pl, 18 Apr 2020)
RETIREMENT
In April 2020 he announced his retirement from speed skating. "The decision to end my career was not easy, it was no taken in five minutes. When you are constantly travelling, you don't have influence on things going on at home. It's painful. With the Olympic Winter Games getting closer, the tempo would be even higher, so I would be at home only few days. I want to calm down, enjoy daily routine and stop living in a constant rush. I want to be at home and finally spend time with my family." (tvp.pl, 18 Apr 2020)
In April 2020 he announced his retirement from speed skating. "The decision to end my career was not easy, it was no taken in five minutes. When you are constantly travelling, you don't have influence on things going on at home. It's painful. With the Olympic Winter Games getting closer, the tempo would be even higher, so I would be at home only few days. I want to calm down, enjoy daily routine and stop living in a constant rush. I want to be at home and finally spend time with my family." (tvp.pl, 18 Apr 2020)
