With URSUS for medal

The company Ursus S.A. sponsored the journey of the swimming section from the Club  Klubu IKS AWF Warsaw to Berlin, where our swimmers took part in the International Disability Swimming Championships. Except the Polish team, there were representations of  41 countries (over 400 swimmers), among others from Singapore, Brasil, Mexico, Australia, Russia, Spain, Israel.

German International Disability Swimming Championships.

The company Ursus S.A. sponsored the journey of the swimming section from the Club  Klubu IKS AWF Warsaw to Berlin, where our swimmers took part in the International Disability Swimming Championships. Except the Polish team, there were representations of  41 countries (over 400 swimmers), among others from Singapore, Brasil, Mexico, Australia, Russia, Spain, Israel.

The Club IKS AWF Warsaw was represented by 7 people (3 women, 3 men and their coach).  The coach Zbigniew Sajkiewicz, participants: Monika Hopa (group S3), Małgorzata Grzegrzółka (group S8), Julia Sadkowska (group S5), Kamil Otowski (group S3), Marek Dobrowolski (group S5), Mateusz Gałecki. During the championships the parents of the participants provided support and care. It was necessary because of the disability of the participants they cope with.  

A day before the start of the championship the participants were subjected to international medical classification aimed at defining the group of participation for every swimmer (S1-S14). Thanks to support of the coach the participants could  beat the stress related to their debut on the international area. Although the first day of the championships was full of impressions and emotions,  our team started with big motivation to the competition in the following days.  We will keep you informed about results of our swimmers at our webpage and on the company’s Facebook profile. 

Participation of the members of our team:

Mateusz Gałecki:
400 m freestyle - 25.05.2013
50 m freestyle - 25.05.2013
100 m freestyle - 26.05.2013
 
Małgorzata Grzegrzółka:
100 breaststroke - 26.05.2013
200 medleystroke - 26.05.2013
 
Monika Hopa:
50 breaststroke - 25.05.2013
100 breaststroke - 26.05.2013
 
Julia Sadkowska:
50 breaststroke - 25.05.2013
100 breaststroke - 26.05.2013
200 medleystroke - 26.05.2013
 
Marek Dobrowolski:
50 freestyle - 25.05.2013
100 breaststroke - 25.05.2013
100 backstroke - 26.05.2013
 
Kamil Otowski:
100 breaststroke - 25.05.2013
50 freestyle - 25.05.2013
100 freestyle - 26.05.2013
100 backstroke - 26.05.2013
 

The performance of our participants were very successful. Our medals and life records are the following:

Monika Hopa (grupa S3)

Bronze 100 m backstroke

Bronze 100 m breaststroke

Julia Sadkowska (S5)

Silver 100 m breaststroke

Bronze 50 m breaststroke

Małgorzata Grzegrzółka (S8)

Finals A

5 ^th place – medley stroke 200 m

4 ^th place – butterfly stroke 50 m

8 ^th place  -  backstroke 100 m

Mateusz Gałecki

Bronze  - butterfly stroke100 m

5 ^th place  - breaststroke 100 m

9 ^th place  - freestyle 100 m

Marek Dobrowolski (S5)

Bronze  100 m breaststroke

Silver 100 m backstroke

Kamil Otowski (S3)

Gold 100 m backstroke

Gold 100 m freestyle

Silver 50 m backstroke

Silver 50 m freestyle