Bartłomiej "Bartosz" Kizierowski (born 20 February 1977) is a freestyle who represented Poland in four consecutive

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, starting in

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Biography

Kizierowski began his career as a

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swimmer, but changed to freestyle in the mid-1990s. Kizierowski trained at

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, a swimming techniques training club founded by Olympic Swimmers Gary Hall, Jr. and his father, Gary Hall, Sr. The Race Club, originally known as "The World Team," was designed to serve as a training group for elite swimmers across the world in preparation for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. To be able to train with the Race Club, one must either have been ranked in the top 20 in the world the past 3 calendar years or top 3 in their nation in the past year. The Race Club included such well known swimmers as

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, Mark Foster,

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, and

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. He won his first medal in 2002 at the

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in Berlin, in the 50 m freestyle (gold medal). He won a gold at the 2006 European Championships in

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. He lives and studies in the United States, at the

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. He is a 1996 Graduate of

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, where he swam for Coach Mike Pelton.

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* 1977 births Living people Polish male backstroke swimmers Polish male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Poland Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics California Golden Bears men's swimmers Polish expatriate swimmers in the United States Swimmers from Warsaw World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Summer World University Games medalists in swimming Goodwill Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for Poland FISU World University Games silver medalists for Poland Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-swimming-bio-stub

Biography

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