Swedish swimmer
Bernt Zarnowiecki
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Born | (1954-05-26)26 May 1954 Göteborg, Sweden |
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Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
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Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
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Sport | Swimming |
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Club | Simklubben S02, Göteborg |
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Bernt Lennart Zarnowiecki (born 26 May 1954) is a Swedish swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1974 European Aquatics Championships.[1] He also competed in the same event at the 1972 Summer Olympics, but the Swedish team was eliminated in the preliminaries.[2][3]
Being Jewish, he competed at the 1973 Maccabiah Games in Israel, and won three gold medals, including in the men's 400 m freestyle and the 1,500 m freestyle.[4][5][6]
His twin sister, Anita Zarnowiecki, also competed in freestyle swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the ninth Maccabiah Games.[2]
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