Maciej Hreniak (born May 3, 1989) is a Polish swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events. He represented his nation

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won a career total of five medals (four golds and one bronze) in a major international competition, spanning the two editions of the European Junior Championships (2006 and 2007), and the

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. Hreniak is a member of UKS Ruch Grudziądz, and is coached and trained by Marek Dorywaiski. Hreniak competed for the Polish squad in the men's 1500 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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. He posted a lifetime best of 15:10.78 to dominate the longest-distance freestyle and beat the insurmountable FINA A-cut (15:13.16) at the European Junior Championships a year earlier in Antwerp. Swimming as the fastest entrant in heat four, Hreniak managed to strengthen his pace from start to finish before taking the fourth spot in 15:16.16, just a wide five-second gap between him and the top three swimmers led by France's Nicolas Rostoucher. With only eight swimmers qualifying for the final, Hreniak stumbled down the leaderboard to twenty-fourth overall and did not advance past the prelims.

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NBC Olympics Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hreniak, Maciej 1989 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Poland Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Polish male freestyle swimmers People from Brodnica County Sportspeople from Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship 21st-century Polish sportsmen