Edward Sarul
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Men's athletics
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Representing Poland | ||
World Championships
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1983 Helsinki | Shot put | |
European Cup | ||
1983 London | Shot put |
Edward Sarul (born 16 November 1958) is a former
Career
Born in Jastrzębnik,[1] he made his international debut as an under-20 athlete, finishing eighth at the 1977 European Athletics Junior Championships.[2] He had his first successes at the Polish outdoor national championships, where he won the shot competition in 1979 and 1980. He lost his title to Janusz Gassowski the following year but rebounded in 1982, taking both the outdoor and indoor shot put titles.[3][4] That year he finished eleventh at both the 1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships and the 1982 European Athletics Championships. He also extended his personal best over the 20-metre mark for the first time, closing the season with a best of 20.64 m set in Warsaw.[5]
His career highlights occurred in 1983. He built upon his achievements from the past season with a 21.68 m
He remained in good form the following year, setting a season's best of 20.89 m in
His personal best of 21.68 m stood as the Polish national record for the event from 1983 until 2009. It was beaten at the
Training style
Standing in direct contrast to sporting opinion at the time, Sarul believed that outright strength was not the most important factor in shot putting and that correct, natural technique was the key to good performances. He also used varying loads in
In training, he frequently used lighter shots than the typical 7 kg required for competition. He suggested that more generalised fitness training would be beneficial for younger throwing athletes, leaving strength training until their twenties, although he advocated perfecting technique from an early age.[9] He demonstrated his superior lifting speed in trials for Dr. Bogdan Poprawski's paper Strength, Power and Speed in Shot Put Training at the Poznan Sport Institute.[10]
References
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- ^ 1977 European Junior Championships Archived February 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2011-01-02.
- ^ Polish Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-01-02.
- ^ a b Polish Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-01-02.
- ^ a b c Edward Sarul. Republika. Retrieved on 2011-01-02.
- ^ a b c Edward Sarul. Athletics-Heroes. Retrieved on 2011-01-02.
- ^ European Cup A and Super League (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-01-02.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-02.
- ^ a b Edward Sarul's Views of the Shot Put[permanent dead link]. Spordileht, Estonian SSR, No. 74, July 1985. Retrieved on 2011-01-02.
- ^ Strength, Power and Speed in Shot Put Training. Poznan Sport Institute. Retrieved on 2011-01-02.
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