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 |
Show-Medals: | yes |
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]