Łukasz Wójt (born 13 May 1982) is a Polish swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle and individual medley events. He represented his nation

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at the

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, and has won two bronze medals in a major international competition, spanning the

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, and the 2008 European Short Course Championships in

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. Apart from his international career, Wojt has also claimed multiple Polish championship titles and currently holds the national record in the 200 (1:54.81) and 400 m individual medley (4:03.20), both set at the FINA World Cup meet in

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. Wojt competed for the Polish squad in two swimming events at the

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. He qualified for the Games with a third-place time in 2:00.32 to clear the sub-2:01 barrier and achieve the FINA A-cut in the 200 m individual medley (2:01.40) at the

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one year earlier in

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. In the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, Wojt and his teammates

Łukasz Gąsior Łukasz Waldemar Gąsior (born January 14, 1986) is a Polish swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle events. He represented his nation Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and won a career total of three medals (two golds and one bro ...

Michał Rokicki Michał Rokicki (31 March 1984 – 20 December 2021) was a Polish swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. He represented his nation Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and also served as a member of the swimming team throughout his sportin ...

, and

Przemysław Stańczyk Przemysław Stańczyk (born 12 February 1985 in Szczecin) is an Olympic and national record holding swimmer from Poland. He has swum for Poland at the: *Olympics: 2004, 2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *Int ...

finished the second heat of the prelims with an aggregate time of 7:18.09. Swimming the second leg, Wojt recorded a split of 1:48.54, the fastest of the Polish foursome. In the 200 m individual medley, Wojt put up a fantastic swim with a help of his powerful backstroke leg to take the sixth spot in heat four with a 2:01.54, but fell short for the semifinals, finishing twenty-sixth overall in the prelims. Wojt currently resides in

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, where he trains full-time at EOSC Offenbach under his mother and personal coach Danuta. He is also the grandson of

Marek Petrusewicz Marek Petrusewicz (22 February 1934 – 3 October 1992) was a Polish swimmer who won a silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1954 European Aquatics Championships. He competed in the same event at the 1952 Summer Olympics but did not reach ...

, a breaststroke swimmer who competed at the

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References

External links

NBC 2008 Olympics profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wojt, Lukasz 1982 births Living people Polish male medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for Poland Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Polish male freestyle swimmers Summer World University Games medalists in swimming Swimmers from Gdańsk Swimmers from Frankfurt FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Poland 21st-century Polish sportsmen