Jan Świtkowski (born 23 January 1994) is a Polish competitive

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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

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in Blacksburg, Virginia, where he swam for the

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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

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in Gainesville, Florida, where he competed for the

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team under head coach

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. At the

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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

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ended up to eighth at the very end in 7:10.34. In the inaugural season of the

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in 2019 he competed for the

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. In 2020, he joined the

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for the second ISL season.

References

External links

Player Bio – Virginia Tech Hokies

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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 {{Poland-swimming-bio-stub