Mateusz Sawrymowicz

{{short description|Polish swimmer}}

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Mateusz Sawrymowicz

| image = Mateusz Sawrymowicz.jpg

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| caption = Mateusz Sawrymowicz in 2012

| fullname = Mateusz Sawrymowicz

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| nationality = {{POL}}

| strokes = freestyle

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|4|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Lublin, Poland

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| height = 1.85 m

| weight = 75 kg

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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming }}

{{MedalCountry | {{POL}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (LC) }}

{{MedalGold | 2007 Melbourne | 1500 m freestyle }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (SC) }}

{{MedalBronze | 2008 Manchester | 1500 m freestyle }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships (LC) }}

{{MedalBronze | 2008 Eindhoven | 1500 m freestyle }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships (SC) }}

{{MedalGold | 2007 Debrecen | 1500 m freestyle }}

{{MedalGold | 2011 Szczecin | 1500 m freestyle }}

{{MedalSilver | 2006 Helsinki | 1500 m freestyle }}

{{MedalBronze | 2005 Trieste | 1500 m freestyle }}

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Mateusz Sawrymowicz (born 22 April 1987 in Lublin) is a Polish swimmer who specializes in the 1500 m freestyle. Having won in Melbourne in 2007 he became the first person to beat Grant Hackett at the 1500 m in the World Championships for 10 years.[http://www.melbourne2007.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=804 FINA – Melbourne 2007] Later in the year in Debrecen, he became the first person to beat Yury Prilukov in the European Short Course Championships for 5 years.

Sawrymowicz originally touched 4th at the 2012 World Short Course Championships in Istanbul, and was later awarded a bronze medal after the disqualification of Mads Glaesner, the gold medalist, for an anti-doping violation.

However, upon appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Glaesner's 1500-meter freestyle gold medal was reinstated based on the fact that a test after that race, two days after his initial positive test following the 400-meter free, was clean. He still forfeited the 400-meter freestyle bronze, which he did not appeal. This means that Sawrymowicz's official position was returned to 4th place in the 1500-meter freestyle.{{cite web |last=Keith |first=Braden |title=Mads Glaesner Appeal Upheld, He Will Retain World Championship Gold |url=http://swimswam.com/mads-glaesners-appeal-upheld-will-retain-world-championship-gold/ |publisher=SwimSwam.com |accessdate=2 April 2014}}