Paweł Korzeniowski (born 9 July 1985) is a Polish competitive swimmer who won the 200-meter butterfly at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal. He also competes in the freestyle events.

Paweł Korzeniowski
Personal information
Nickname"Korzeń"
National team Poland
Born (1985-07-09) 9 July 1985 (age 38)
Oświęcim, Małopolskie, Poland
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, butterfly
ClubAZS AWF Warszawa [1]
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Poland
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 0
World Championships (LC) 1 2 0
World Championships (SC) 0 0 2
European Championships (LC) 3 0 1
European Championships (SC) 3 5 7
Summer Universiade 3 0 1
Total 10 7 11
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2005 Montreal[2] 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2009 Rome 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2013 Barcelona 200 m butterfly
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Manchester 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Doha 200 m butterfly
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2006 Budapest 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2008 Eindhoven 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2010 Budapest 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Berlin 200 m butterfly
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2005 Trieste 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2006 Helsinki 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2007 Debrecen 400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2004 Vienna 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2005 Trieste 400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2007 Debrecen 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2009 Istanbul 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2013 Herning 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Dublin 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Vienna 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Vienna 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Helsinki 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Helsinki 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Debrecen 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Szczecin 400 m freestyle
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2005 Izmir 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2009 Belgrade 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shenzhen 100 m butterfly

Initially trained by Paweł Woźnicki in Oświęcim-based Unia Oświęcim club, in 2005 he was transferred to Warsaw-based AZS AWF Warszawa club, where he has been trained by Paweł Słomiński. His current coach, since 2009, is Robert Bialecki.[3]

Notable achievements edit

  • 2001
  • 2002
    • European Junior Championships – silver in 1500m freestyle
  • 2003
    • World Championships – 8th in 1500m freestyle
    • European Short Course Championships – bronze in 200m butterfly
    • European Junior Championships – gold in 200 m butterfly, bronze in 400m freestyle
  • 2004
    • European Short Course Championships – silver in 200m butterfly, bronze in 400m and 200m freestyle
    • Olympic Games – 4th in 200m butterfly
  • 2005
  • 2006
  • 2012
    • London Olympics – Placed 3rd in the second 200m butterfly semi-final, and 7th overall to reach the final.

References edit

  1. ^ "by GeoLogix AG, Switzerland". Swim Rankings. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
  2. ^ "Montreal 2005 Results". Archived from the original on 2007-01-28. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
  3. ^ [1] Archived January 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

External links edit

Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for   Poland
(with Maja Włoszczowska)
Tokyo 2020
Succeeded by
Incumbent