Ksawery Masiuk (Polish: [ksaˈvɛrɨ ˈmaɕuk]; born 17 December 2004) is a Polish swimmer who specializes in the backstroke. He won bronze medals at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships and two silver and one bronze medals at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships.

Ksawery Masiuk
Masiuk in 2021
Personal information
NationalityPolish
Born (2004-12-17) 17 December 2004 (age 19)
Tarnów, Poland
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Poland
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest 50 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Doha 50 m backstroke
European Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 2024 Belgrade 50 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2024 Belgrade 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Belgrade 100 m backstroke
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Lima 50 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2022 Lima 100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2022 Lima 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2022 Lima 4×100 m mixed medley
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Lima 200 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Lima 4×200 m freestyle
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Rome 100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2021 Rome 200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2021 Rome 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2022 Otopeni 50 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2022 Otopeni 100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2022 Otopeni 200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2021 Rome 50 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Rome 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Otopeni 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Otopeni 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Otopeni 4×100 m mixed freestyle

Career

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Career beginnings

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He started his professional career as a swimmer in 2012 in the UKS Start Wola Rzendzińska club trained by Henryk Iwaniec. In 2013, he began representing BOSiR Brzesko under coach Marcin Kacer. In 2017, he moved to Warsaw where he attended the Janusz Kusociński Sports High School No. 59 and entered the G-8 Bielany Warszawa club under his current coach Paweł Wołkow.[1]

In 2021, he participated at the Polish Aquatics Championships in Lublin and won gold in the 50 m backstroke with the 25.14 seconds result setting a new national record for 17-year olds, which allowed him to qualify for the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest.[2]

In the same year, he won gold medal at the European Junior Swimming Championships in Rome in the 100 meters backstroke by achieving 53.91 seconds.[3] In the 50 meters event, he finished second with the 25.28 seconds result.[4]

He won gold medals at the 2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Lima, Peru, in the 50 and 100 meter backstroke events.[5] He also won gold medals in the 4x100 meters medley and 4x100 meters mixed medley alongside Karolina Piechowicz, Krzysztof Chmielewski and Paulina Cierpiałowska.[6]

Senior career

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He won a bronze medal at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest in 2022, was briefly upgraded to silver after the disqualification of American swimmer Justin Ress and returned to bronze after Ress was reinstated.[7][8][9]

In 2023, he came fourth in the 50 meters backstroke event at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, falling 0.07 seconds short of bronze medal.[10]

In 2024, he won two silver and one bronze medals at the European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade in the 50 m backstroke, 4x100 m medley and 100 meters backstroke respectively.[11][12] At the 2024 Summer Olympics, he reached the semifinal of the men's 100 backstroke event but failed to qualify to the final.[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NOWY SZTAB REPREZENTACJI POLSKI W PŁYWANIU. PAWEŁ WOŁKOW GŁÓWNYM TRENEREM KADRY SENIORÓW". polswim.pl (in Polish). 8 March 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  2. ^ "2021 Główne Mistrzostwa Polski Seniorów i Młodzieżowców" (PDF) (in Polish). Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  3. ^ "LEN EUROPEAN JUNIOR SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS ROME - ITALY" (PDF). Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  4. ^ "LEN EUROPEAN JUNIOR SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS ROME - ITALY" (PDF). Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  5. ^ "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2022". worldaquatics.com. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  6. ^ "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2022". worldaquatics.com. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  7. ^ FINA.org: Ksawery Masiuk
  8. ^ "Poles take swimming silver, bronze in FINA World Championships 2022" in First News, 26 June 2022
  9. ^ "2022 World Aquatics Championships: Katarzyna Wasick and Ksawery Masiuk with medals" in Poland Daily 24, 26 June 2022
  10. ^ "MASIUK TUŻ ZA PODIUM! MISTRZOSTW ŚWIATA W PŁYWANIU ZAKOŃCZONE [WIDEO]". polswim.pl (in Polish). 30 July 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Swimming: Poland's Masiuk wins backstroke silver in Belgrade". polskieradio.pl. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  12. ^ Jakub Sajdak (24 June 2024). "Ksawery Masiuk się nie zatrzymuje! Z mistrzostw Europy wraca z kolejnymi medalami. Będzie faworytem na igrzyskach w Paryżu?". rdn.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Igrzyska olimpijskie Paryż 2024: Ksawery Masiuk odpadł w półfinale na 100 m stylem grzbietowym". eurosport.tvn24.pl (in Polish). 28 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.