Marcin Maliński
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10 January 1973 Jarocin, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | WKS Flota Gdynia (POL) / Mission Viejo Nadadores (US) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Marcin Maliński (born 10 January 1973) is a retired Polish swimmer who won three medals in the 200 m and 400 m individual medley events at European World championships in 1995.[1] He also competed in these disciplines at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics with the best achievement of seventh place in 1996.[2]
He was born as a son of a military officer Zbigniew Maliński and started swimming aged 5. Between 1989 and 1991 he was training at the Mission Viejo Nadadores club in the United States.[3] In 1997 he returned to the US to study in a college at Fort Pierce, Florida, and then at the University of Alabama. He then moved to Iceland, where he works as a swimming coach and competes in the masters category.[4] His younger brothers, Jakub and Michał, were also competitive swimmers.[5]
References
- ↑ Marcin MALINSKI. les-sports.info
- ↑ Marcin Maliński. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Chris Foster (1992-05-28). Mission Viejo Is Right Place at Right Time for Malinski : Swimming: While programs at home dwindle, Polish teen-ager develops into an Olympic performer. LA Times.
- ↑ Iceland Swim Fed. Champ. Meet. sund.sc42.info (2008-02-05)
- ↑ MALIŃSKI MARCIN. Polish Olympic Committee. olimpijski.pl