MAKOWSKI Wojciech

Date of Birth: 19 Feb 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Sport Class: S11

Place of birth: KIELCE

Birth Country:

Poland

Place of residence : KIELCE

Residence Country:

Poland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 50m Freestyle - S11	7
	Men's 100m Backstroke - S11	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 50m Freestyle - S11 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 50m Freestyle - S11 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Backstroke - S11 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Backstroke - S11 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
2	100m Backstroke - S11	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:08.28
7	100m Freestyle - S11	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:01.74
12	50m Freestyle - S11	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	27.93
World Championships
1	100m Backstroke - S11	2017	Mexico City, MEX	1:12.03
2	100m Freestyle - S11	2017	Mexico City, MEX	1:02.79
3	50m Freestyle - S11	2017	Mexico City, MEX	27.75
3	100m Backstroke - S11	2015	Glasgow, GBR	1:11.83
4	100m Backstroke - S11	2019	London, GBR	1:10.59
6	100m Freestyle - S11	2019	London, GBR	1:01.19
6	100m Freestyle - S11	2015	Glasgow, GBR	1:03.38
7	200m Individual Medley - SM11	2015	Glasgow, GBR	2:43.14
8	50m Freestyle - S11	2019	London, GBR	27.46
8	50m Freestyle - S11	2015	Glasgow, GBR	28.68
European Championships
2	50m Freestyle - S11	2020	Funchal, POR	26.90
2	100m Backstroke - S11	2020	Funchal, POR	1:10.61
2	100m Freestyle - S11	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:01.29
2	100m Backstroke - S11	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:11.00
3	100m Freestyle - S11	2020	Funchal, POR	1:00.77
3	50m Freestyle - S11	2018	Dublin, IRL	27.97

Wojtek (Facebook page, 30 Sep 2020)

Supporting Polish football team Korona Kielce and Polish handball team Vive Kielce. (odjechanestudia.pl, 09 Apr 2019)

Occupation:

Management - University of Warsaw, Poland

Languages spoken:

English, Polish

UKS G-8 Bielany [Warsaw, POL]

Kacper Rodziewicz [club], POL; Wojciech Seidel [national], POL

He struggled with a shoulder injury following the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The injury meant he had to alter his swimming technique during the 2017 season. (Tomasz Batko I Obiad z Mistrzem YouTube channel, 12 Feb 2019)

He began swimming at age eight in Kielce, Poland, but he did not start training seriously until he was a university student. (ezachodnia.eu, 20 Apr 2015, 07 Sep 2014)

He always wanted to swim because his father and his brother were involved in the sport. (ezachodnia.eu, 07 Sep 2014)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Tomasz Batko I Obiad z Mistrzem YouTube channel, 12 Feb 2019)

Winning silver in the S11 100m backstroke at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (odjechanestudia.pl, 09 Apr 2019; fithero.pl, 04 Feb 2019)

Polish handball player Karol Bielecki. (odjechanestudia.pl, 09 Apr 2019)

His parents, and coach Waldemar Madej. (przegladsportowy.pl, 12 Sep 2016)

Philosophy:

"Break the mould." (paralympic.org.pl, 08 Sep 2016)

He was named the 2017 Ambassador of Swietokrzyskie Region during the 2017 Swietokrzyskie Sports Gala. (echodnia.eu, 03 Feb 2018)

In 2016 he was honoured with the Silver Cross of Merit by the president of Poland. (prezydent.pl, 05 Oct 2016)

General Interest

Classification
S11, SB11, SM11 (IPC, 07 Mar 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (dziendobry.tvn.pl, 06 Oct 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (ezachodnia.eu, 07 Sep 2014)

Impairment Details
He was born with a visual condition that led to him becoming legally blind at age six. (uwaga.tvn.pl, 13 Nov 2016)

General
MUSICIAN
Prior to the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, he released a Polish rap song titled 'Czas Igrzysk' ['Time of the Games']. His stage name is W.A.M., and later in 2016 he launched his first album called 'Czego Oczy Nie Widza' ['What Eyes Cannot See']. "Swimming and rap are like oxygen for me. They are my extra reasons to live." (dziendobry.tvn.pl, 06 Oct 2020; przegladsportowy.pl, 12 Sep 2016)

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Legend

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

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