Szymon Piątkowski

Szymon Piątkowski (born 3 January 2003) is a Polish taekwondo practitioner. Piątkowski won a bronze medal at the 2025 World Taekwondo Championships, and a gold medal at the 2026 European Taekwondo Championships.

Career In 2017, Piątkowski won a bronze medal in the 57 kg event at the World Cadet Taekwondo Championships in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The same year, he also achieved results at the European Clubs Championships in Thessaloniki and the Bulgaria Open in Sofia at the cadet level.

In 2018, he won bronze medals in the juniors' 68 kg event at the German Open in Sindelfingen and the Polish Open in Warsaw. In 2019, he won a bronze medal in the juniors' 78 kg event at the European Clubs Championships in Zagreb, and in 2020 he won a silver medal in the juniors' 78 kg event at the German Open in Hamburg. In October 2025, he competed at the 2025 World Taekwondo Championships in Wuxi, China and won a bronze medal in the 87 kg event. He defeated Konstantin Minin, Zakaria Meddouh, Michael Rodriguez and Zakaria El Koumri to reach the semifinals. He lost to Egypt's Seif Eissa in the semifinals and finished third.

In 2026, he won a gold medal in the 87 kg event at the Slovenia Open in Ljubljana. In May 2026, he competed at the 2026 European Taekwondo Championships in Munich, Germany, and won a gold medal in the 87 kg event. He defeated Sweden's Sandro Fronda in the round of 16, Turkey's Orkun Ateşli in the quarterfinals and Greece's Vasileios Tholiotis in the semifinals to reach the final. During the final, he defeated Spain's Sergio Troitiño Amoedo to become European Champion.

Personal life Piątkowski was born on 3 January 2003 in Olsztyn. He represents AZS UWM Olsztyn and studies at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn. His coach is Marcin Chorzelewski.