Marcin Urbaś

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Marcin Urbaś

Urbaś in 2010
Personal information
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1976-09-17) 17 September 1976 (age 48) Kraków, Poland
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event	100 metres
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Poland European Championships 2002 Munich 4 × 100 m relay European Indoor Championships 2002 Vienna 200 metres 2005 Madrid 200 metres

Marcin Krzysztof Urbaś^[1] (born September 17, 1976) is a former Polish track and field athlete. He is the Polish record holder for the 200 metres dash with 19.98 seconds. He is now a sprinting coach.^[2]

Urbaś is the Polish national record holder over the half-a-lap (19.98 seconds in the semi-final of the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. Urbaś is one of the four Polish athletes who brought the Polish national records in dashes up-to-the global standards: Marian Woronin 10.00 (9.992) over 100 m; Marcin Urbaś 19.98 over 200m; and Tomasz Czubak and Robert Maćkowiak over 400 m, 44.62 and 44.84, respectively. Urbaś improved the Polish national record of 20 years by Leszek Dunecki.

He won the gold medal over a lap indoor in the European Indoor Championships in 2002, and the bronze medal in 2005. Urbas has been part of the Polish national 4 × 100 m relay who won the silver medal during the European (outdoor) Championships in 2002.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Poland
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	8th (sf)	200 m	21.01
	Universiade	Palma, Spain	7th	4 × 100 m relay	39.46
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	5th	200 m	20.30
			5th	4 × 100 m relay	38.70
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	–	200 m	DNF
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	13th (qf)	200 m	20.43
			8th	4 × 100 m relay	38.96
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	12th (sf)	200 m	20.48
			7th (sf)	4 × 100 m relay	38.92
	Universiade	Beijing, China	1st	200 m	20.56
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	1st	200 m	20.64
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	8th	200 m	DNF
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	38.71
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	23rd (qf)	200 m	20.72
			5th	4 × 100 m relay	38.96
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	6th	200 m	21.49
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	23rd (h)	200 m	20.71
			5th	4 × 100 m relay	38.54
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	3rd	200 m	21.04
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	26th (sf)	200 m	21.39

SPAR CUP: European National Teams' (Men's) Super League:
200 m: Bronze in 2006; Silver in 2002; Bronze in 2001; Gold in 1999; 4 × 100 m relay: Gold in 2006

Aside of his sport career he is a vocalist in Polish death metal band Sceptic. Marcin Urbaś recorded with them three albums: Blind Existence (1999), Unbeliever's Script (2003) and Nailed to Ignorance (2022).

After Tadeusz Osik refused to include him on the Polish national 4 × 100 m relay for the 2008 Summer Olympics, Urbas was removed from the list of the members of The Polish national track and field team; therefore, PZLA or the Polish Track and Field Association did stop supporting him financially. Because of the lack of financial support, Mr. Urbas as of 2009 has retired as a professional athlete. Mr. Urbas did claim that he would have been able of running close to his Personal Best of 19.98s over 200 meters (20.1—20.2 over 200m) only if, he would be capable of investing into himself around 80,000 zlotya or, at the time, around 25,000 dollars.

Urbas is a co-owner of the Urban Sprint Group (in Poland) and, in particular, helps with the Projekt Elita Rugby 7: Rio 2016. The goals of Mr. Urbas are to, in general, help Polish runners, all over Poland, run smarter and achieve their goals; and in particular, to help the Polish national Rugby team in qualifying to the Olympics in 2016.

• Polish records in athletics
• 2002 European Athletics Championships
• 2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships
• 1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marcin Urbaś.

• Marcin Urbaś Running and Physical Education School - Urban Sptint Group
• Urbaś sings in a duet
• The same song sung solo, by Patrycja Jankowska, with pictures of Mr. Urbaś