Mateusz Kusznierewicz


Country
Birth date
Age
29/04/1975 - Warszawa (POL) 
37
Height
Weight
Gender
193 cm / 6'4" 
100 kg / 220 lbs 
M
Sport
KUSZNIEREWICZ Mateusz

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RankEventYearLocation
Olympic Games
1Finn1996Atlanta, GA, USA
3Finn2004Athens, GRE
4Star2008Beijing, CHN
4Finn2000Sydney, NSW, AUS
World Championships
1Star2008Miami, FL, USA
1Finn2000Weymouth, GBR
1Finn1998Athens, GRE
2Finn2002Athens, GRE
2Finn2001Marblehead, MA, USA
2Finn1999Melbourne, VIC, AUS
4Star2011Perth, WA, AUS
7Star2009Varberg, SWE
10Star2012Hyeres, FRA
World Cup
2Star2011Medemblik, NED
3Star2010Weymouth, GBR

Nickname

Cebula. (kusznierewicz.sos.com.pl, 19 Sep 2003)

Hobbies

Electromechanics, tennis, golf and skiing. (sailing.org, 05 Jun 2012)

Occupation

Athlete

Education

Physical Education - University of Physical Education , Warsaw, POL

Language(s) spoken

English, Polish

Club name

GKZ, Gdansk, POL

Coach

Zbigniew Kusznierewicz & Marek Galkiewicz (POL) from 2005 (sailing.org, 05 Jun 2012)

Handedness

Right (NOC, 04 May 2004)

Debut

1989 for Poland, European Championships (Sweden) (NOC, 04 May 2004)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
In 1984 in Warsaw. (sailing.org, 05 Jun 2012)

Reason for taking up this sport
"It's a technical sport, outside and close to the nature. Also you'll travel to beautiful places in the world." (NOC, 04 May 2004)

Most influential person in career
His parents. (Athlete, 14 Jun 1999)

Awards
He has been nominated for 'ISAF Sailor of the Year' three times [1996, 1998 and 1999] and won the award in 1999. That year he was also named 'Most Popular Sportsman' in Poland. (sailing.org, 05 Jun 2012)

General
BORN TO SAIL
His connection with boats and the water date back to before he was even born. "My parents got married on a yacht in the Mazurian Lakes," he says." We went there for every holiday since I was three years old, so every year there was some sailing in my life." (Athlete, 30 Mar 2000)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008, Athens 2004, Sydney 2000, Atlanta 1996


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