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Mateusz Sawrymowicz

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Mateusz Sawrymowicz
Mateusz Sawrymowicz in 2012
Personal information
Full nameMateusz Sawrymowicz
Nationality Poland
Born (1987-04-22) 22 April 1987 (age 37)
Lublin, Poland
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesfreestyle
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Poland
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2007 Melbourne 1500 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Manchester 1500 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Eindhoven 1500 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2007 Debrecen 1500 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2011 Szczecin 1500 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2006 Helsinki 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Trieste 1500 m freestyle

Mateusz Sawrymowicz (born 22 April 1987 in Lublin) is a Polish swimmer who specializes in the 1500 m freestyle. Having won in Melbourne in 2007 he became the first person to beat Grant Hackett at the 1500 m in the World Championships for 10 years.[1] Later in the year in Debrecen, he became the first person to beat Yury Prilukov in the European Short Course Championships for 5 years.

Sawrymowicz originally touched 4th at the 2012 World Short Course Championships in Istanbul, and was later awarded a bronze medal after the disqualification of Mads Glaesner, the gold medalist, for an anti-doping violation.

However, upon appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Glaesner's 1500-meter freestyle gold medal was reinstated based on the fact that a test after that race, two days after his initial positive test following the 400-meter free, was clean. He still forfeited the 400-meter freestyle bronze, which he did not appeal. This means that Sawrymowicz's official position was returned to 4th place in the 1500-meter freestyle.[2]

References

  1. ^ FINA – Melbourne 2007
  2. ^ Keith, Braden. "Mads Glaesner Appeal Upheld, He Will Retain World Championship Gold". SwimSwam.com. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
Awards
Preceded by European Swimmer of the Year
2007
Succeeded by
Alain Bernard