Shamek Pietucha
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| Full name | Shamek Pietucha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Malbork, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Virginia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Shamek Pietucha is a retired butterfly swimmer born in Poland, who competed for Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics. There the resident of Calgary, Alberta started in the men's 100-metre and 200-metre butterfly. Currently, Shamek, known as the "Integrative Sojourner", is a practicing integrative medicine physician in Canada.[1]
His best result in Sydney was a sixth place finish in the Men's 4x100-metre medley relay. His international accomplishments include winning a total number of three medals at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg. Furthermore, he was the NCAA Division I champion in 1999, while competing for the University of Virginia, in the 200-yard Butterfly. His other accomplishments include:
• 2000 World Championship Silver Medalist, 200m butterfly. Athens, GRE.
• 2000 Gold Medalist World Cup VI, 200m butterfly. Hobart, AUS.
• 1999 Gold Medalist World Cup II, 200m butterfly, 100m butterfly. Edmonton, CAN
• 1999 Pan American Games. Gold: 200m butterfly, Silver: 100m butterfly, and Bronze Medalist: 4x100 Medley Relay. Winnipeg, CAN.
• 1998 US Open Champion: 100 and 200m butterfly. Indianapolis, USA
• 1997 World University Games: Silver: 100m butterfly and Bronze Medalist: 200m butterfly. Sicily, ITALY.
• Canadian National Record Holder: 200m Butterfly
• Six-time Canadian National Champion.
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