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 Rivers. Puławy is the capital of Puławy County. The city's 2019 population was estimated at 47 ...

Lubelskie The Lublin Voivodeship, also known as the Lublin Province (Polish: ''województwo lubelskie'' ), is a voivodeship (province) of Poland, located in southeastern part of the country. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Lublin, Che ...

) is a retired

backstroke Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimme ...

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

from

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, who competed for his native country at two consecutive

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The ina ...

, 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 Bartłomiej "Bartosz" Kizierowski (born 20 February 1977) is a freestyle who represented Poland in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. Biography Kizierowski began his career as a backstroke swimmer, but changed to freestyle in ...

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