Maciej Hreniak (born May 3, 1989) is a Polish swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events.[1] He represented his nation Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won a career total of five medals (four golds and one bronze) in a major international competition, spanning the two editions of the European Junior Championships (2006 and 2007), and the 2006 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2][3] Hreniak is a member of UKS Ruch Grudziądz, and is coached and trained by Marek Dorywaiski.
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| Full name | Maciej Hreniak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 May 1989 Brodnica, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | UKS Ruch Grudziądz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Marek Dorywaiski | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hreniak competed for the Polish squad in the men's 1500 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He posted a lifetime best of 15:10.78 to dominate the longest-distance freestyle and beat the insurmountable FINA A-cut (15:13.16) at the European Junior Championships a year earlier in Antwerp.[3][4] Swimming as the fastest entrant in heat four, Hreniak managed to strengthen his pace from start to finish before taking the fourth spot in 15:16.16, just a wide five-second gap between him and the top three swimmers led by France's Nicolas Rostoucher. With only eight swimmers qualifying for the final, Hreniak stumbled down the leaderboard to twenty-fourth overall and did not advance past the prelims.[5]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maciej Hreniak". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ Rusticus, Oene (9 July 2006). "Italy Highlights Third Day of European Junior Championships". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 1 March 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ a b Rusticus, Oene (19 July 2007). "Daniel Gyurta, Emese Kovacs Provide Spark at European Junior Championships". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 1500m Freestyle" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 20. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ^ "Swimming: Men's 1500m Freestyle Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.