Jerzy Kowalewski (born 6 May 1944) is a retired Polish diver. He competed in the 3 m

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and 10 m platform at the

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and

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with the best achievement of 15th place in the platform in 1960. He won a bronze medal in the platform at the 1966 European Aquatics Championships. Nationally, he won six titles in the springboard (1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967) and six in the platform (1959, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970). Kowalewski graduated from a medical university in Warsaw. Since 1970 he lives in Canada where he owns a clinic in

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. He is married to Anita Kowalewski; they have a son Daniel (born 1980) and a daughter Agate.

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1944 births Living people Polish male divers Olympic divers for Poland Divers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1968 Summer Olympics People from Vawkavysk Summer World University Games medalists in diving FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Poland Medalists at the 1965 Summer Universiade European Aquatics Championships medalists in diving 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub