Artur Wojdat

Artur Wojdat ( born May 20, 1968 in Olsztyn ) is a former Polish swimmer. The 1.94 m wide freestyle swimmer was the second Polish swimming world record holder by Marek Petrusewicz, the first Polish medal winner at the Olympic Games and two-time European champion.

Achievements

Wojdat sponge (Polish: Olimpia Poznań) for Olimpia Poznań and for the California Mission Viejo Nadadores and the University of Iowa.

Perhaps his most important international result was the bronze medal in the 400 - meter freestyle race at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul in 3:47,34 minutes behind the world record fielding Uwe Dassler (DDR, 3:46,95 ) and Duncan Armstrong (Australia, 3: 47,15 ), the winner of over 200 m. Yet on 25 March 1988 Wojdat had broken the 400 - meter freestyle world record in 3:47,38 in Orlando. He stepped in Seoul also about 200 m freestyle, where he finished fourth, and over 1500 m, of which he was eliminated in the flow. With the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay his country of collection failed the final. At the Olympics in Barcelona in 1992, he could neither 200 nor more than 400 meters to reach the finals.

In World Swimming Championships jumped for Wojdat two bronze medals out, through 200 m and 400 m freestyle in 1991 in Perth (200 m: 1:48,70; behind Giorgio Lamberti and Steffen Zesner - 400 m: 3:49,67; behind Jörg Hoffmann and Stefan Pfeiffer). In the Short Course World Championships in 1993 in Palma de Mallorca, there was again bronze over 200m, this time behind Antti Kasvio and Trent Bray.

European champion at the European Swimming Championships Wojdat 1989 in Bonn 400 m, this time in front of Stefan Pfeiffer, and 1991 in Athens about 200 m freestyle before Lamberti.

In Poland Wojdat the period 1985-1991 a total of 20 times Polish Champion and scored 37 Polish records on the 50 - meter track and 17 on the short course.

Personal Best

  • 25 m length
  • 0050 m - 23.27
  • 0100 m - 50.07
  • 0200 m - 1:45,53
  • 0400 m - 3:45,36
  • 0800 m - 7:58,41
  • 1500 m - 15:10,61
  • 50 m length
  • 0050 m - 23.64
  • 0100 m - 51.06
  • 0200 m - 1:47,96
  • 0400 m - 3:47,34
  • 0800 m - 7:57,59
  • 1500 m - 15:24,85
Summer Olympic Games 1988 Summer Olympics 1989 European Aquatics Championships 1991 European Aquatics Championships 1993 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics Orlando (disambiguation) Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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