 Mateusz Sawrymowicz in 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mateusz Sawrymowicz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1987-04-22)22 April 1987 (age 38) Lublin, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mateusz Sawrymowicz (born 22 April 1987 inLublin) is a Polish swimmer who specializes in the 1500 m freestyle. Having won in Melbourne in 2007 he became the first person to beatGrant 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 beatYury 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]
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| Preceded by | European Swimmer of the Year 2007 | Succeeded by Alain Bernard |
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