Michał Rokicki
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Michał Rokicki |
| National team |
 Poland |
| Born |
31 March 1984 Racibórz, Poland |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Club | AZS Warszawa |
| Coach | Paweł Slominski |
Michał Rokicki (born March 31, 1984 in Racibórz) is a Polish swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events.[1] He represented his nation Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and also served as a member of the swimming team throughout his sporting career for AZS Warszawa, under the tutelage of his personal coach Paweł Slominski.
Rokicki competed as a member of the Polish team in the 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Despite missing out the individual spot in the 200 m freestyle, Rokicki managed to finish with a twenty-sixth-place time in 1:50.12 at the 2007 FINA World Championships in Melbourne, Australia to earn a selection on the Polish relay team for the Games.[2] Teaming with Łukasz Gąsior, Łukasz Wójt, and Przemysław Stańczyk on the outside lane in heat two, Rokicki swam the third leg with a split of 1:51.14, before the Polish foursome went on to take the seventh spot and fourteenth overall in a final time of 7:18.09.[3]
References
- ↑ "Michał Rokicki". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 200m Freestyle" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 13. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming: Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 28 December 2012.