Paweł Korzeniowski (born 9 July 1985) is a Polish competitive swimmer who won the 200-meter

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at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal. He also competes in the freestyle events. Initially trained by Paweł Woźnicki in

Oświęcim Oświęcim (; german: Auschwitz ; yi, אָשפּיצין, Oshpitzin) is a city in the Lesser Poland ( pl, Małopolska) province of southern Poland, situated southeast of Katowice, near the confluence of the Vistula (''Wisła'') and Soła rive ...

-based Unia Oświęcim club, in 2005 he was transferred to

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-based AZS AWF Warszawa club, where he has been trained by Paweł Słomiński. His current coach, since 2009, is Robert Bialecki.

Notable achievements

* 2001 **

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– silver in 200m butterfly * 2002 ** European Junior Championships – silver in 1500m freestyle * 2003 **

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– 8th in 1500m freestyle ** European Short Course Championships – bronze in 200m butterfly ** European Junior Championships – gold in 200 m butterfly, bronze in 400m freestyle * 2004 ** European Short Course Championships – silver in 200m butterfly, bronze in 400m and 200m freestyle **

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– 4th in 200m butterfly * 2005 **

– gold in 200m butterfly **

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– gold in 200m butterfly * 2006 ** European Championship (50m pool) – gold in 200m butterfly * 2012 ** London Olympics – Placed 3rd in the second 200m butterfly semi-final, and 7th overall to reach the final.

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* 1985 births Living people People from Oświęcim Polish male butterfly swimmers Olympic swimmers of Poland Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Polish male freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Lesser Poland Voivodeship Universiade gold medalists for Poland Universiade bronze medalists for Poland Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Polish people {{Poland-swimming-bio-stub