Krzysztof Cwalina (born 5 February 1971 in

Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...

, Dolnośląskie) is a retired freestyle

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from

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. He competed for his native country at the

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, finishing in eighteenth place in the men's fifty-meter freestyle event. Cwalina graduated with a B.S. and an M.S. in computer science from the

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. he is a program manager on the

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team at

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. He and Brad Abrams coauthored ''Framework Design Guidelines'' (Addison-Wesley, 2005; 2nd 2008, ), winner of a Jolt Award in 2006.

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* 1971 births Living people Polish male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Poland Sportspeople from Wrocław Swimmers from Lower Silesian Voivodeship Microsoft employees 20th-century Polish sportsmen 21st-century Polish sportsmen Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Poland Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade {{Poland-swimming-bio-stub