JURASZEK Pawel

Poland

Swimming

Date of Birth: 8 Oct 1994

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Place of birth: TEL AVIV

Birth Country:

Israel

Place of residence : DZIERZONIOW

Residence Country:

Poland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 50m Freestyle

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 50m Freestyle - Heat 10	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 50m Freestyle Semifinal 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	50Free
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	H (22.50)

World Championships

Year	Location	50Free
2019	Gwangju, KOR	7th (21.67)
2017	Budapest, HUN	5th (21.47)

European Championships

Year	Location	50Free
2020	Budapest, HUN	SF (21.97)
2018	Glasgow, GBR	8th (22.14)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	50Free
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	5th (21.00)

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

Occupation:

Athlete

Languages spoken:

English, Polish

Club name:

MKS 9 Dzierzoniow [Poland]

Coach:

Andrzej Wojtal [club], POL; Robert Brus [national], POL

Sporting relatives:

His cousin Andrzej Dubiel represented Poland in swimming at junior level, and won silver in the 4x100m medley relay at the 2005 European Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary. (SportsDeskOnline, 09 Jun 2021; onet.pl, 31 Jul 2017)

Start:

He took up swimming at age four in Dzierzoniow, Poland. (se.pl, 08 Aug 2018; onet.pl, 31 Jul 2017)

Reason:

He was encouraged to take up the sport by his mother, because much of his family was involved in swimming. "My mum told me that if I didn't go swimming, I would not get any sweets. That's a big deal in your life at age four, so I had to agree." (onet.pl, 31 Jul 2017; RunForest on Podtail, 11 Jan 2021)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to win an Olympic gold medal. (RunForest on Podtail, 11 Jan 2021)

Influence:

Coach Andrzej Wojtal. (RunForest on Podtail, 11 Jan 2021)

Award:

In 2019 he was named Athlete of the Year in Dzierzoniow, Poland. (dzierzoniow.pl, 02 Mar 2020)

General Interest

General
RIO PRESSURE
He said he struggled with the pressure of competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, but that he can learn from the experience. "At the Games I thought that everything was fine, but when I stood at the starting block and saw the crowd, it messed with my mind. I was thinking, 'Referee, please let's wait three minutes so I can calm down'. But no one waited. It was my first big event and I was thrown into the deep end. My mind couldn't withstand it. I have to learn from that kind of experience to progress. I was not ready mentally to achieve the best result, but I believe that at the next Games, or maybe in Paris, I will be able to win an Olympic medal." (RunForest on Podtail, 11 Jan 2021)

FROM ISRAEL TO POLAND
He was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, after his parents moved to the country to work. The family returned to Poland when he was age four. "My parents say that I spoke Hebrew fluently then, but unfortunately I've totally forgotten it. I learned to stay afloat when I was there, but my real swimming story started in Poland." (se.pl, 08 Aug 2018)

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Legend

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

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