Pavel Olschewski

This article is about the athlete Pawel Olschewski. For the politician, see Paweł Bartosz Olszewski .

Pawel Olschewski , born as Paweł Olszewski , (born March 2, 1962 in Krotoszyn ) is a former Polish - German swimmer and modern pentathlete .

Pawel Olschewski was a swimmer at the beginning of his sporting career. The 1.82 m tall and 78 kg heavy athlete barely missed qualifying for the 1980 Summer Olympics over 100 m freestyle . In addition to swimming, Olschewski began with the modern pentathlon at the Lumel Zielona Góra club in Grünberg in Silesia . Together with Piotr Maciaszczyk and Maciej Czyżowicz , he won the silver medal in the junior competition of the pre-Olympic Games in Coto de Caza , the venue for the 1984 Olympic competitions . He qualified for the Games, but could not participate because of the Olympic boycott of the Eastern Bloc countries . He won his only Polish championship in 1987, 1983, 1984 and 1986, where he finished third. In 1988 Olschewski left Poland and became a German citizen. He joined the police SV Berlin in Berlin , where he trained with Rudi Trost. In 1990 he became German champion, in 1992 he won the runner- up behind Ulrich Czermak . The bronze medal with the relay at the World Championship in Modern Pentathlon 1991 in San Antonio in the line-up of Olschewski, Motchebon , Czermak was his greatest international success. Olschewski was a participant in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In the individual competition he was 49 when his former compatriot Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek won . In swimming he collected the most points, fencing and riding were his weakest disciplines in this competition. With the team, consisting of Dirk Knappheide , Uli Czermak and Olschewski, he finished eleventh, where Poland won with his former relay partner Maciej Czyżowicz.

Olschewski is a physiotherapist by profession , he is married and has two children.

See also

• List of German champions in modern pentathlon

Web links

• Pawel Olschewski in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Polski Związek Pięcioboju Nowoczesnego ( Polish ) www.pentathlon.org.pl. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
2. ↑ Alex Lech Bajan: Mistrzowie Polski - Seniorzy ( Polish ) May 31, 2007. Accessed July 28, 2010.
3. ↑ Modern Pentathlon - German Championships (men - singles) . www.sport-komplett.de. 2003. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
4. ↑ Modern Pentathlon World Championships ( English ) sports123.com. 2010. Archived from the original on September 25, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 28, 2010.