Olympic Games:

• Atlanta 1996 - gold medal - 50k walk (3: 43.30)
• Sydney 2000 - gold medal - 20 km walk (1:18:59)
• Sydney 2000 - gold medal - 50 km walk (3: 42.22)
• Athens 2004 - gold medal - 50 km walk (3: 38.46)

World Cup:

• Göteborg 1995 - bronze medal - 50 km walk (3: 45.57)
• Athens 1997 - gold medal - 50 km walk (3: 44.46)
• Edmonton 2001 - gold medal - 50 km walk (3: 42.08)
• Paris 2003 - gold medal - 50 km walk (3: 36.03)

European Championship

• Budapest 1998 - gold medal - 50 km walk (3: 43.51)
• Munich 2002 - gold medal - 50 km walk (3: 36.39)

Best World Performance Ever:

• Bad Salzdetfurth, September 15, 1990 - 6:21 pm in a 5k walk (highway)
• Reims, July 13, 1992 - 18:17:22 in a 5,000m walk (track)
• Eschborn, June 12, 1993 - 2:28:30 in a 35k walk (highway)
• Munich, August 8, 2002 - 3: 36.39 in a 50km walk (highway)
• Paris, 27 August 2003 - 3: 36.03 in a 50k walk (highway; world record)

"Przegląd Sportowy" plebiscite:

• 1st place 1998
• 1st place 2000
• 2nd place 1997
• 2nd place 2001
• 2nd place 2004
• 3rd place 2002
• 3rd place 2003