Dariusz Nowicki, the author of Gold Medal Mental Workout, is the chief coordinator of psychological preparation for all Polish Olympic teams training for the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

Darekick.jpg (5514 bytes)An accomplished athlete in his own right, Mr. Nowicki won the Lee Cup in 1991, the biggest taekwondo forms tournament in Poland; in 1986 he won the gold medal in the Poland National Taekwondo Championships. In 1979 he competed in the World Taekwondo Championship (fighting). From 1972 to 1982 he participated in judo and competed several times in Championships of Poland. He has trained athletes in freestyle and greco-roman wrestling, judo, Olympic style taekwondo (his team consistently wins national championship), and karate.

He is also a member of the Technical Committee of the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF). The Technical Committee of the WTF deals with the development of taekwondo as a sport, tendencies emerging in progress of its techniques, equipment both for protection and for judging, and competition rules and regulations.

Nowicki's amazing success as the winning factor in Olympic-level martial arts coaching for Poland helped to earn him this honor, but he has paid his dues in other ways as well. He has pioneered the dissemination of eastern European training methods to western hemisphere nations. He is also a successful taekwondo coach and an international referee for taekwondo. His mental toughness program—Gold Medal Mental Workout—was proved effective at the Olympics and at world championships.

Dariusz Nowicki can be contacted at dariuszDOTnowickiDOTkorioATneostradaDOTpl (the address is written this way so spammers' robots do not harvest it. To send him e-mail write this address substituting symbol “@” for the “AT”, and period “.” for “DOT”). His taekwondo club has its Web page at http://www.taekwondo-olsztyn.neostrada.pl/ .

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The 9th World University Taekwondo Championship in Valencia, Spain, May 19-21, 2006

Of the two Polish fighters coached by Dariusz Nowicki and Waldemar Lakomy, one already has won a medal. Jacek Jarzynski won a silver in a very tough contest and while hampered by a broken hand. Jarzynski defeated Oden Salim from the U.S.A. (in this fight Jarzynski broke a bone in his hand), then Ming-Che Wu from Taiwan, and then faced Mauro Sarmiento from Italy. Amid deafening cheering from the spectators he did his best, but the broken hand and the height advantage (see photo below) were too much to overcome, and Jarzynski had to settle for silver.

Medalists of the 84 kg weight class at the 9th World University Taekwondo Championship in Valencia, Spain

Medalists of the 84 kg weight class

Coaches Dariusz Nowicki (right) and Waldemar Lakomy (left) with Jacek Jarzynski (center), silver medalist at the 9th World University Taekwondo Championship in Valencia, Spain

Coaches Dariusz Nowicki (right) and Waldemar Lakomy (left) with Jacek Jarzynski (center), silver medalist at the 9th World University Taekwondo Championship in Valencia, Spain

Taekwondo fighters trained by Nowicki win like clockwork

Fighters trained by Dariusz Nowicki have won the National Junior Taekwondo WTF Championship of Poland for the ninth time in a row (1998–2006). Twenty-two teams who qualified through three previous tournaments competed in this year's championship held on April 8 and 9, 2006 in Szczecinek, Poland.

Four  fighters trained by Dariusz Nowicki qualified for the Taekwondo WTF Championship of Europe held in Riga, Latvia (October 7- 9, 2005). One of them, Maciej Ruta,  took a bronze medal.

Taekwondo fighters trained by Dariusz Nowicki have won 13 medals (6 gold, 1 silver, and 6 bronze) at the 2005 National Taekwondo WTF Championship of Poland held on May 7, 2005, in Srem.

Dariusz Nowicki was named 2006 Coach of the Year in the Northeast Region of Poland for his achievements in Taekwondo.

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Dariusz Nowicki (first from left) with his winning team at the 2005 National Taekwondo WTF Championship of Poland

Taekwondo fighters trained by Dariusz Nowicki have won six medals (3 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze) at the 2003 National Taekwondo WTF Championship of Poland held on May 11, 2003, in Poznan. With its best fighter, Marcin Chorzelewski (6-time national champion, silver medallist of Academic World Championship in 2002), not participating due to an injury Nowicki's team still took second place in team classification.

Fighters trained by Dariusz Nowicki have won the National Junior Taekwondo WTF Championship of Poland for the sixth time in a row (1998–2003). Forty-five teams who qualified through three previous tournaments competed in this year's championship held on April 24 and 25, 2003 in Konskie, Poland.

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Dariusz Nowicki (third from left) on the podium with Radoslaw Galazka—one of his golden medallists

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Dariusz Nowicki with his victorious team. From left Radoslaw Galazka (1st place fighting, 55 kg, 4th place poomse [forms]), Beata Przewlocka (1st place fighting, 44 kg, 3rd place poomse), coach Dariusz Nowicki, Joanna Szafranska (1st place fighting, 63 kg, 2nd place poomse), Kamil Chwesiuk (1st place fighting, 68 kg) Rafal Jaskulski (1st place poomse), Kamilo Golosinski (3rd place fighting 55 kg), behind Radoslaw Grabicki (9th place fighting +78 kg).

Nowicki's taekwondo team (AZS UWM Olsztyn) took first place in team classification at the 2002 National Taekwondo WTF Championship of Poland.

Archers Benefit from GMMW

Dariusz Nowicki will accompany archers of the Polish National Team to the World Target Championship, which will be held in New York City from July 14 to 20, 2003. Dariusz Nowicki worked with the National Team archers since the beginning of 2002 and his program of mental training is credited with greatly improved performances (see below).

During the European Grand Prix held in Evry, France (May 27–31, 2003) Polish men took first place in team competition.

At European Cup held in Porec, Croatia (May 7–10, 2003) Polish women archers took 3rd place in team competition, and in individual competition Iwona Marcinkiewicz took gold and Justyna Mospinek took bronze.

Women archers of the Polish Olympic team have ended a 20-year bad streak after working with Dariusz Nowicki. In July 2002 the team took silver at the Championship of Europe held in Oulu, Finland. The team used Gold Medal Mental Workout since the beginning of 2002. Members of the team (Justyna Mospinek, Wioletta Myszor and Iwona Marcinkiewicz) attribute their success to mental toughness—especially the self-control and excellent concentration—achieved through the GMMW training.

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From left: Olympic team coach Józef Basciuk, Justyna Mospinek, and Dariusz Nowicki after successful performance at the Championship of Europe

Famous Ski Jumper Bases His Mental Preparation on Nowicki's Program

Dariusz Nowicki, one of the top European sports psychologists and author of Gold Medal Mental Workout, coordinates psychological preparation of Polish athletes for Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City together with another sports psychologist—Jan Blecharz. Mental preparation of Adam Malysz, famous Polish ski jumper, to a large degree is based on the Gold Medal Mental Workout.

Windsurfing World Champion Works with Our Author

Windsurfer Aleksander Grynis, current world champion (youth), uses Nowicki's help in his mental preparation.

Taekwondo Fighters Coached by Our Author Take High Places

Marcin Chorzelewski, a fighter from Taekwondo club run by Dariusz Nowicki, won the bronze medal at the 2001 World Taekwondo Championship (WTF).

Dariusz Nowicki's Taekwondo club (AZS-UWM Olsztyn) was declared the best club in Poland in 2000 and in 2001. His club won a national youth team championship, a national junior team championship, and took 3rd place in a national senior team championship.

Sports psychologist for the Olympic judo team
In recognition of his past contribution to successes of Polish judoka, Dariusz Nowicki is appointed the sports psychologist for the Polish Olympic judo team. This function is in addition to the post of the chief coordinator of psychological preparation for all Polish Olympic teams training for the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

Athletes coached by Dariusz Nowicki, author of Gold Medal Mental Workout, are consistently the best
During an international tournament in Holland (Hantei Cup in Oldenzaal, December 11, 1999 ) his fighters took 8 medals (3 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze).

His team won the Poland Academic Taekwondo Championships (WTF—Olympic taekwondo), November 19-20, 1999.

During the 18th Poland National Taekwondo Championships (WTF—Olympic taekwondo), April 23-24, 1999, his fighters took 12 medals (2 gold, 6 silver, 2 bronze) and his team won the championship. They displayed excellent versatility by winning both fighting and forms contests, for example, Nowicki's student and assistant instructor, Marcin Chorzelewski took two silver medals—one for fighting and one for forms.

Gold medal for contribution to development of taekwondo
On October 25, 1998, during the 12th European Senior Taekwondo Championships (WTF), in Eindenhoven, Netherlands, European Taekwondo Union has awarded Dariusz Nowicki a honorary gold medal for contributions to development of taekwondo in Europe.

Taekwondo fighters take medal places
At the 12th European Senior Taekwondo Championships (WTF), October 23-25, 1998, in Eindenhoven, Netherlands, three members of Polish team took bronze medals. The medalists were: Agnieszka Skaradzinska (59 kilos), Justyna Talan (72 kilos), and Pawel Nowak (84+ kilos). Dariusz Nowicki was the team's psychologist responsible for fighters' mental preparation.

Nowicki is also the taekwondo instructor of Justyna Talan. At the championships Mrs. Talan faced very tough opponents—she defeated the current world champion but in finals lost by decision to silver medalist of the World Cup.

Shooters use Nowicki's Program of Mental Preparation
In the World Shooting Championships and Junior World Championships held in Barcelona in July, 1998, athletes prepared by Dariusz Nowicki, author of Gold Medal Mental Workout, performed above expectations. Andrzej Glyda took silver in skeet (this is the first time Polish skeet shooter won a medal at the World Championships since 1976), Renata Mauer took silver in air rifle.

Shooters and their coaches attribute improved performance to their new weapon—mental preparation conducted by Dariusz Nowicki.

Miroslawa Sagun, European champion in air pistol, after a bad performance at the World Championship in July of 1998, used Nowicki's Gold Medal Mental Workout to prepare for World Cup in Buenos Aires in August 1998. She credits Nowicki's program with her silver medal at the World Cup. Here is what she says:

“Before the start I felt inner concentration. During the finals I was concentrated on the task and shot a record score which allowed me to win silver medal. I had overcome mental block that paralyzed me during the World Championships [a month earlier]. Mental training let me release my potential.”

Olympic Committee Seminar
On April 17, 1998, Dariusz Nowicki gave a seminar for coaches of Netherlands national teams of combat sports (judo, taekwondo, boxing, karate). The seminar was organized by the Olympic Committee of Netherlands and took place in National Center of Sports in Papendal.

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