Michał Rokicki Explained

Michał Rokicki
National Team:Poland
Strokes:Freestyle
Club:AZS Warszawa
Coach:Paweł Slominski
Birth Date:31 March 1984
Birth Place:Racibórz, Poland
Death Place:Racibórz, Poland
Height:1.880NaN0
Weight:780NaN0
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Michał Rokicki (31 March 1984 – 20 December 2021) was 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 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]

Rokicki died on 20 December 2021, at the age of 37.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Michał Rokicki. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418073323/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/michal-rokicki-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 28 December 2012.
  2. Web site: Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 200m Freestyle . . 13 . . 9 April 2013.
  3. Web site: Swimming: Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 2 . dead . . . 28 December 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821003404/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWM412900/index.html . 21 August 2012.
  4. https://www.nowiny.pl/185170-nie-zyje-plywak-michal-rokicki-olimpijczyk-z-raciborza-zmarl-w-wieku-37-lat.html Nie żyje pływak Michał Rokicki. Olimpijczyk z Raciborza zmarł w wieku 37 lat