Rafał Szukała

Rafał Szukała

Personal information
Full name	Rafał Marek Szukała
Nickname	"Polish Pistol"
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1971-04-09) 9 April 1971 (age 53) Poznań, Poznań Voivodeship, Poland
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly
Club	Warta Poznań/Olimpia Poznań (POL)
College team	Iowa Hawkeyes (USA)
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Poland Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona 100 m butterfly World Championships (LC) 1994 Rome 100 m butterfly World Championships (SC) 1993 Palma 100 m butterfly European Championships (LC) 1989 Bonn 100 m butterfly 1993 Sheffield 100 m butterfly 1989 Bonn 200 m butterfly 1991 Athens 200 m butterfly 1995 Vienna 100 m butterfly Representing the Iowa Hawkeyes Event 1st 2nd 3rd NCAA Championships 2 0 1 Total 2 0 1 By race Event 1st 2nd 3rd 100 y butterfly 1 0 1 200 y butterfly 1 0 0 Total 2 0 1 NCAA Championships 1992 Indianapolis 200 y butterfly 1994 Minneapolis 100 y butterfly 1993 Indianapolis 100 y butterfly

Rafał Marek Szukała (born 9 April 1971 in Poznań) is a former butterfly swimmer from Poland, who won the silver medal in the men's 100 m butterfly at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Szukała competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. Szukała won his first major title in 1989, at the 1989 European Aquatics Championships in Bonn, in the 100 m butterfly. He regained the European title in 1993. Szukala also won gold in the 1994 World Championships in the 100 m butterfly.

He attended the University of Iowa, in the United States.

External links

• Profile on Polish Olympic Committee
• Profile

Olympic Games
Preceded by Waldemar Legień	Flagbearer for  Poland 1996 Atlanta	Succeeded by Andrzej Wroński

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