Joanna Pizoń-Świtkowska
Joanna Pizoń-Świtkowska (born February 23, 1961 in Lublin , † June 25, 2013 there) was a Polish swimmer . She held several national records.
Joanna Pizoń studied sports science at the Warsaw Academy Wychowania Fizycznego Józefa Piłsudskiego . In her hometown club WKS Lublin - KS Lublinianka she was trained by Witold Ruzikowski .
Her first big success it achieved in the Youth Swimming European Championships 1976 in Oslo, when she 200m documents in 2: 27.79 minutes took a bronze medal. After that she not only belonged to the Polish national team, but swam a dozen Polish records.
Polish records
on the 25 m track:
| discipline | time | club | date | place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 m back | 2: 24.00 | Lublinianka Lublin | 02/17/1977 | Lublin |
| 200 m layers | 2: 27.05 | Lublinianka Lublin | 03/13/1976 | Danzig |
| 200 m layers | 2: 26.03 | Lublinianka Lublin | 03/21/1976 | Sofia |
| 200 m layers | 2: 25.36 | Lublinianka Lublin | 03/06/1977 | Bremen |
| 200 m layers | 2: 24.03 | Lublinianka Lublin | 03/26/1977 | Lublin |
| 400 m layers | 5: 00.02 | Lublinianka Lublin | 02/16/1977 | Lublin |
Polish records 50 m track:
| discipline | time | club | date | place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 m layers | 2: 26.35 | Lublinianka Lublin | 08/05/1976 | Oslo |
| 400 m layers | 5: 15.05 | Lublinianka Lublin | 05/23/1976 | Auschwitz |
| 400 m layers | 5: 15.04 | Lublinianka Lublin | 06/12/1976 | Warsaw |
| 400 m layers | 5: 14.09 | Lublinianka Lublin | 06/19/1976 | Warsaw |
| 400 m layers | 5:08.00 | Lublinianka Lublin | 08/15/1976 | Naples |
| 400 m layers | 5: 07.08 | Lublinianka Lublin | 05/28/1978 | Auschwitz |
Private
Joanna Pizoń-Świtkowska also trained her son Jan Świtkowski , who won a bronze medal in the 200 m butterfly two years after her death at the 2015 World Swimming Championships in Kazan. Pizoń-Świtkowska, married to her husband Andrzej, was most recently Vice Director of Gimnazjum nr 11 in Lublin.
Web links
- Obituary for Joanna Pizoń-Świtkowska , Kurier Lubelski, June 25, 2013, accessed on August 12, 2015 (Polish)
- Zmarła była rekordzistka i mistrzyni Polski Joanna Pizoń-Świtkowska , lublin.sport.pl from June 27, 2013, accessed on August 12, 2015
- Short profile on the club website of Lublinianka (Polish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wspomnienie ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Gimnazjum nr 11
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pizoń-Świtkowska, Joanna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lublin |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 25, 2013 |
| Place of death | Lublin |