[citation needed] He was unable to participate in the 2004 Olympic Games due to a failed drug test.

After the snatch portion of the competition he was in fourth place, behind Khadzhimurat Akkaev, Ilya Ilyin, Asghar Ebrahimi and Nizami Pashayev.

Ilya Ilyin was the original gold medalist with Kołecki taking home the silver medal.

[6] In 2016 Ilya Ilyin was suspended due to failed samples containing Stanozolol and was disqualified from the 2008 Olympic Games, as a result Kołecki was awarded the gold medal.

He was also a member of Polish national team for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, during which he claimed that his recently shaved head had a covert political message.

After amassing a professional mixed martial arts record of 6–1, Kołecki was signed to KSW.