Mariusz Siembida (born 21 March 1975 in

Puławy Puławy (, also written Pulawy) is a city in eastern Poland, in Lesser Poland's Lublin Voivodeship, at the confluence of the Vistula and Kurówka River, Kurówka Rivers. Puławy is the capital of Puławy County. The city's 2019 population was Cen ...

, Lubelskie) is a retired

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from

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, who competed for his native country at two consecutive

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, starting in 1996 (

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). A member of Lublinianka he is best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1997 European Swimming Championships in the men's 4×100 m medley relay, alongside Marek Krawczyk, Marcin Kaczmarek and Bartosz Kizierowski.

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* 1975 births Living people Polish male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Poland Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Puławy Swimmers from Lublin Voivodeship Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for Poland FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Poland Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-swimming-bio-stub