Mariusz Podkościelny
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Full name | Mariusz Podkościelny | ||||||||||||||||
National team | Poland | ||||||||||||||||
Born | Gdańsk, Poland | April 29, 1968||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||
Club | AZS-AWF Gdańsk (POL) | ||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Arizona (U.S.) | ||||||||||||||||
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Mariusz Podkościelny (born April 29, 1968) is a former freestyle swimmer from Poland, who, twice competed at the Summer Olympics: in 1988 and 1992. Since 2003, he was a swimming coach for the University of Miami. He is currently the head coach for the swim team and teaching history at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
1988 Olympics[]
Mariusz finished 5th in both the 400m and 1500m freestyle. In the preliminary round for the 400m, he set the Olympic Record, which he held for about 10 hours.[1]
Personal life[]
Mariusz married Dagmara, also Polish, and had a daughter named Julia.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Then And Now: Mariusz Podkoscielny". Swimming World News. 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ^ "Camp Director". Pine Crest Swim Camp. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
External links[]
- Profile on Hurricanes-website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-03-09)
- Mariusz Podkościelny at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Sports Swimming World Magazine Article
Categories:
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Swimming coaches
- Miami Hurricanes swimming coaches
- Olympic swimmers of Poland
- Oregon State University faculty
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Polish male freestyle swimmers
- Arizona Wildcats men's swimmers
- Sportspeople from Gdańsk
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Polish swimming biography stubs