Maciej Lepiato

The Jumper [because he trains for the high jump and the long jump] (Athlete, 24 Apr 2012)

Going to the cinema, listening to music, fishing, picking mushrooms. (Facebook page, 12 Sep 2018)

Winning gold in the T46 high jump at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (Athlete, 21 Jul 2017)

His family. (Athlete, 21 Jul 2017)

Polish high jumper Artur Partyka, Italian high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi, Polish Para and able-bodied table tennis player Natalia Partyka. (interia.pl, 09 Mar 2018; Athlete, 21 Jul 2017)

In June 2019 he tore his Achilles tendon during competition and consequently missed the 2019 World Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (interia.pl, 05 Jul 2019)

His training was disrupted ahead of the 2017 World Championships in London, England, due to a left foot injury. (wyborcza.pl, 25 Jul 2017)

He was sidelined for three months in 2011 with a left foot injury. (Athlete, 24 Apr 2012)

In 2010 he injured his right heel and was out for seven months. (Athlete, 24 Apr 2012)

"Do what you love and what makes you smile." (Athlete, 21 Jul 2017)

In 2016 he was presented with the Knight's Cross of Order of the Rebirth of Poland. The honour was in recognition of his performance at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (prezydent.pl, 05 Oct 2016)

He was named the 2012 Discovery of the Year by a Polish national sports review poll. (oczygorzowa.pl, 12 Mar 2013)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, and to compete against able-bodied athletes at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (MrMichalPol YouTube channel, 25 Aug 2018; echogorzowa.pl, 28 Jun 2018; paralympic.org, 27 Sep 2016)

He was born with left club foot. He has muscle atrophy in his lower leg and calf, and almost no range of motion in the ankle joint. (gazetalubuska.pl, 19 Sep 2012)

FRIENDSHIP
He has become friends with teammate Lukasz Mamczarz through Para athletics. "High jumping connected us, we spent so many years next to each other, we have trained at the same club under the guidance of the same coach, we live in the same city, we just clicked right away and we knew that we are going to be good friends," explained Mamczarz. However, they both admit that they are still rivals when they compete in combines class events. "We are friends and there is only fair competition between us, in high jump, we are like family. However, we even joke that we can be a real family one day, because Lukasz has a daughter and I have a son." (MrMichalPol YouTube channel, 25 Aug 2018)