Marcin_Malinski

Marcin Maliński

Marcin Maliński

Polish swimmer

Marcin Maliński (born 10 January 1973) is a retired Polish swimmer who won three medals in the 200 m and 400 m individual medley events at European World championships in 1995.[1] He also competed in these disciplines at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics with the best achievement of seventh place in 1996.[2]

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He was born as a son of a military officer Zbigniew Maliński and started swimming aged 5. Between 1989 and 1991 he was training at the Mission Viejo Nadadores club in the United States.[3] In 1997 he returned to the US to study at Indian River State College in Fort Pierce, Florida, and then at Drury University in Springfield, Missouri. He then moved to Iceland, where he works as a swimming coach and competes in the masters category.[4] His younger brothers, Jakub and Michał, were also competitive swimmers.[5]

References

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    Marcin MALINSKI. les-sports.info
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    Marcin Maliński. sports-reference.com
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    Chris Foster (1992-05-28). Mission Viejo Is Right Place at Right Time for Malinski : Swimming: While programs at home dwindle, Polish teen-ager develops into an Olympic performer. LA Times.
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    Iceland Swim Fed. Champ. Meet[permanent dead link]. sund.sc42.info (2008-02-05)
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    MALIŃSKI MARCIN. Polish Olympic Committee. olimpijski.pl
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