Radosław Kawęcki

Radosław Kawecki ( October 2012 )

Radosław Kawecki (born 16 August 1991 Glogów ) is a Polish swimmer back. In the Short Course World Championships in 2012, he became world champion in 200m backstroke.

Achievements

Kawecki is already a four-time European champions. At the European Short Course Championships 2009 in Istanbul, he still had to settle for second place in 200m backstroke in 1:49,13 min. behind the Russian Stanislav Donets ( 1:48,62 ) be satisfied. 2011 in his home country in Szczecin jumped over 100 and 200 meters in his specialist discipline already two gold medals out ( 50,43 and 1:49,15 ). About 100 meters he defeated the Spaniard Aschwin Wildeboer Faber ( 50.61 ) and 200 m the same opponent ( 1:50,63 ). 2012 in Chartres victory over 200m in 1:48,51 jumped out in front of the Hungarian Péter Bernek ( 1:49,41 ).

European champion on the long course was Kawecki over 200 m in 2012 in Debrecen in 1:55,28 (CR ) again before Péter Bernek ( 1:55,88 ). Third was the Israeli Yakov - Yan Toumarkin ( 1:57,35 ).

The high point of his career schwimmerischen experienced Kawecki on 16 December 2012 in the Short Course World Championships in the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul. In the final, the 200 m backstroke he struck first in 1:48,48 min. to two hundredths of a second before the U.S. American Ryan Lochte, who in turn his compatriot Ryan Murphy pointed to rank three ( 1:48,86 ).

At the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London Kawecki landed in 1:55,59 min. on the thankless fourth place. In the race, Tyler Clary won ( 1:53,41, OR) before the Japanese Ryosuke Irie ( 1:53,78 ) and Ryan Lochte ( 1,53,94 ).

With the World Swimming Championships 2009 in Rome, he was about 200 m min seventh in 1:55,62. become, as Aaron Peirsol won in a world record time of 1:51,92.