Jacek Czech | |
Sport: | Paralympic swimming |
Disability: | Spinal cord injury |
Disability Class: | S2 |
Event: | Freestyle swimming Backstroke |
Birth Date: | 29 February 1976 |
Birth Place: | Tarnobrzeg, Poland |
Jacek Czech (born 29 February 1976) is a Polish Paralympic swimmer who competes in backstroke and freestyle swimming events at international elite events.
He is an eight-time World medalist and a European champion, he has competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics but did not medal in his events. Czech sustained a spinal cord injury after diving headfirst into a lake, he was paralysed in all four limbs however he gained some mobility in his arms through rehabilitation.[1] [2]