Jan Świtkowski (born 23 January 1994) is a Polish competitive
swimmer
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who specializes in butterfly events. He is a multiple-time Polish champion and a bronze medalist in the 200-meter butterfly at the
2015 World Championships.
While studying in the United States, Switkowski initially attended
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also has educational facilities in six regi ...
in Blacksburg, Virginia, where he swam for the
Virginia Tech Hokies
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under head coach Ned Skinner from 2013 to 2014. Switkowski sat out the 2014–15 season to spend most of the year competing for the Polish national swimming team, before transferring to the
University of Florida
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in Gainesville, Florida, where he competed for the
Florida Gators swimming and diving
The Florida Gators swimming and diving program represents the University of Florida in the aquatics sports of swimming and diving. The program includes separate men's and women's teams, both of which compete in Division I of the National Colle ...
team under head coach
Gregg Troy
Gregg Troy (born December 19, 1950) is an American professional and Olympic swimming coach. As of April 2021, he is the head coach for the Cali Condors, which is part of the International Swimming League. Until 2018, he was the head coach of the ...
.
At the
2015 World Aquatics Championships
The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia host ...
in Kazan, Russia, Switkowski put up a sterling effort at 1:54.10 in the final to win the bronze medal in the
men's 200-meter butterfly. In the
men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay, Switkowski led off with a split of 1:47.03 before the Polish foursome of Kacper Klich, Michał Domagała, and
Kacper Majchrzak
Kacper Majchrzak (born 22 September 1992) is a Polish swimmer. He currently represents the Cali Condors which is part of the International Swimming League.
Majchrzak competed in the 50 m freestyle and 4 × 100m medley relay events at the 2012 Su ...
ended up to eighth at the very end in 7:10.34.
In the inaugural season of the
International Swimming League
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in 2019 he competed for the
Cali Condors
The Cali Condors are a professional swimming club and one of the original eight clubs of the International Swimming League. The team is based in San Francisco led by general manager Jason Lezak and head coach Gregg Troy. Assistant Coaches for the ...
. In 2020, he joined the
New York Breakers
NY Breakers is a professional swimming club and one of the original eight clubs of the global International Swimming League (ISL) based in New York City led by general manager, Tim Teeter and head coach, Martin Truijens. The ISL is owned by Kons ...
for the second ISL season.
References
External links
Player Bio – Virginia Tech HokiesJan Switkowskiat
SwimSwam
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1994 births
Living people
Florida Gators men's swimmers
Polish male butterfly swimmers
Polish male freestyle swimmers
Polish male medley swimmers
Sportspeople from Lublin
Virginia Tech Hokies men's swimmers
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic swimmers of Poland
Polish expatriates in the United States
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
21st-century Polish people
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