CZERNIAK Konrad

Date of Birth: 11 Jul 1989

Age: 32

Gender: Male

Place of birth: PULAWY

Birth Country:

Poland

Place of residence : LUBLIN

Residence Country:

Poland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 50m Freestyle
	Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay POL Poland

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 50m Freestyle - Heat 7	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	100Free	100Fly	4x100Free M	4x100Medley M
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	-	SF (51.80)	H (3:15.52)	H (3:35.18)
2012	London, GBR	SF (48.44)	8th (52.05)	-	-

World Championships - Individual Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly events

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	200Free	50Fly	100Fly
2019	Gwangju, KOR	-	-	-	SF (23.36)	H (52.77)
2017	Budapest, HUN	-	-	-	SF (23.37)	SF (51.60)
2015	Kazan, RUS	-	H (DNS)	-	3rd (23.15)	6th (51.28)
2013	Barcelona, ESP	-	SF (48.78)	-	H (23.72)	3rd (51.46)
2011	Shanghai, CHN	-	SF (48.48)	-	SF (23.48)	2nd (51.15)
2009	Rome, ITA	SF (21.72)	SF (48.22)	H (1:48.73)	-	-

World Championships - Medley and Relay events

Year	Location	4x100Free M	4x200Free	4x100Medley M	4x100Medley X
2019	Gwangju, KOR	-	-	H (3:38.09)	H (3:48.21)
2017	Budapest, HUN	-	-	H (3:34.00)	-
2015	Kazan, RUS	5th (3:14.12)	-	8th (3:34.34)	-
2013	Barcelona, ESP	-	-	H (DSQ)	-
2011	Shanghai, CHN	-	-	8th (3:37.44)	-
2009	Rome, ITA	H (3:16.35)	H (7:12.10)	-	-

European Championships

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	50Fly	100Fly	4x100Free M
2020	Budapest, HUN	SF (22.21)	-	4th (23.09)	H (DNS)	H (3:16.12)
2018	Glasgow, GBR	H (DNS)	H (DNS)	5th (23.34)	6th (51.72)	3rd (3:14.20)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	50Fly	100Fly
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	H (21.61)	H (48.16)	H (23.19)	SF (51.18)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Czerny, Cobra [as a child he ran fast so his friends named him after the nickname of the lead character from the movie 'Cobra']. (eurosport.onet.pl, 08 Aug 2015; kurierlubelski.pl, 23 Mar 2013)

Travelling, photography, music, cars. (gkpge.pl, 01 Dec 2018)

Occupation:

Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, POL

Languages spoken:

English, Polish, Spanish

AZS UMCS Lublin [Poland]

Robert Brus [national], POL

Sporting relatives:

His younger sister Gabriela has competed in swimming at club level in Poland. (itvl.pl, 04 Aug 2011; plywanie.pl, 2011)

He began training regularly at age 13. (eurosport.onet.pl, 08 Aug 2015)

"Swimming gives me a sense of freedom and happiness." (wiedza.sklepmatres.pl, 01 Jun 2015)

To win an Olympic medal. (GK PGE channel on YouTube, 10 Dec 2018)

Winning silver in 100m butterfly at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai, People's Republic of China, winning two gold medals at the 2011 European Short Course Championships in Szczecin, Poland, and gaining his first international medal, a gold in 50m butterfly, at the 2007 European Junior Championship in Antwerp, Belgium. (arenaswim.pl, 21 Feb 2018; GK PGE channel on YouTube, 10 Dec 2018)

Philosophy:

"If you work hard you can achieve anything." (sport.tvp.pl, 13 Oct 2016)

General Interest

General
ACADEMY
In 2015 he launched the Konrad Czerniak Academy in Lublin, Poland, with the aim of coaching children for professional sport. (Sportowa Akademia Konrada Czerniaka Facebook page, 24 Sep 2020; akademia.konradczerniak.azs.umcs.pl, 25 Aug 2020; lublin112.pl, 12 Jan 2019; lublin.tvp.pl, 02 Sep 2015)

RETURN TO POLAND
For several years he lived, studied and trained in Madrid, Spain. After the 2016 Olympic Games he decided to return to his homeland and live and train in Lublin, Poland. "I spent eight great years in Spain, but it was a time for a change." (przegladsportowy.pl, 21 Sep 2016; sport.tvp.pl, 13 Oct 2016)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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