Radosław Kawęcki (born 16 August 1991) is a Polish competitive swimmer who specializes in

backstroke Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimm ...

events. Kawęcki won the silver medal in the 200 m backstroke at the

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and

2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th 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 hosted this event for the first time. T ...

, and was twice the 200 m backstroke short course world champion. He won four gold medals at the

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in the 200 m backstroke. He is an 8-time European champion in the backstroke events. Kawęcki finished fourth at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the 200-meter backstroke. He currently represents the

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which is part of the

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Career

World Championships

A backstroke specialist, he won silver in the 200 m backstroke at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships. In the short course World Championships, he has 3 golds (

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and

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) and 1 bronze (

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) in this event, as well as a silver medal in the 100 m backstroke from the 2014 World Short Course Championships.

European Championships

At the European Long Course Swimming Championships, Kawęcki has also won 3 gold medals (

and

) in the 200 m backstroke, along with a silver medal in the event in

. In the European Short Course Championships, Kawęcki has 6 gold medals in the 200 m backstroke ( 2011,

, 2015,

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and

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) and 2 silver medals ( 2009,

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), alongside 2 gold medals in the 100 m backstroke event (2011 and 2015).

International Swimming League

In 2019 he was a member of the inaugural

representing the

, who finished third place in the final match in Las Vegas, Nevada in December. Kawecki scored points in all 3 backstroke events as well as the medley relay for the Condors throughout the season.

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* 1991 births Living people Polish male freestyle swimmers People from Głogów Polish male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of Poland Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Lower Silesian Voivodeship World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Polish people {{Poland-swimming-bio-stub