Jerzy Kowalewski
Polish diver
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Jerzy Kowalewski (born 6 May 1944) is a retired Polish diver. He competed in the 3 m springboard and 10 m platform at the 1960 and 1968 Summer Olympics with the best achievement of 15th place in the platform in 1960.[1] He won a bronze medal in the platform at the 1966 European Aquatics Championships.[2] Nationally, he won six titles in the springboard (1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967) and six in the platform (1959, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970).
Jerzy Kowalewski in 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 6 May 1944 | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Diving | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | MKS Pałac Młodzieży Warsaw/Legia Warsaw | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kowalewski graduated from a medical university in Warsaw. Since 1970 he lives in Canada where he owns a clinic in Toronto. He is married to Anita Kowalewski; they have a son Daniel (born 1980) and a daughter Agate.[3]
