Katarzyna Wasick
Katarzyna "Kasia" Wasick (born Wilk; 22 March 1992) is a Polish swimmer who specializes in sprint freestyle. Wasick represented Poland at the 2008, 2012, 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, London and Rio de Janeiro as well as other international meets.[2] She is the fastest female swimmer in Poland holding national records in the 50 and 100 freestyle (short course & long course).[3]
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| Nickname(s) | Kasia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  POL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 March 1992 Kraków, Poland[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | AZS AWF Katowice / New York Breakers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Southern California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Wasick represented Poland at both the 2008, 2012, 2016 Olympics as well as at a host of other international meets. She was a bronze medalist in Poland's 200-meter medley relay at the 2011 European Short Course Championships and gold medalist at the Glasgow 2019 European Championships in the 200 medley relay.
After graduating from high school, Wasick trained in Poland with her brother Robert Wilk at the AZS AWF Katowice swim club before the 2012 Olympics in London. After the Olympic Games she went on to study at the University of Southern California where she swam for coach Dave Salo for four years. Wasick has shown great individual scoring ability while lending a strong hand on relays.[4] She’s a twelve-time All-American and has scored four times individually at the NCAA Championships and is a six-time career Pac-12 finalist. At the 2016 NCAA Championships, she posted career bests with a third in the 100y freestyle. She also led off USC’s first place 400y free relay that set a school record. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology.
After the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro she retired from swimming due to injury. In 2018 she made a comeback to competitive swimming, first starting with the Las Vegas Masters team. She holds two American masters records in the 50 and 100 freestyle (25-29 age group short course yards records). Later in 2018 she joined the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Pro Group coached by Ben Loorz and Patrick Ota.
She competed for the Cali Condors in 2019 - the first season of the International Swimming League and reached to the finals at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. In 2020 Kasia Wasick swam for the New York Breakers and reached the semi final. She won three times in the 50 m freestyle at the Solidarity Camp in Budapest.[5]
In 2021, she won silver medals in the 50 m and 100 m freestyle as well as bronze medals in the 4x50 m freestyle relay and 4x50 m mixed freestyle relay at the 2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Kazan, Russia.[6][7]
See also
References
- Polish 2016 Olympic team at the Polish Olympic Committee website
- "Katarzyna WILK - Olympic Swimming | Poland". International Olympic Committee. 27 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- "REKORDY KOBIET – Polski Związek Pływacki" (in Polish). Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- "Kasia Wilk - Women's Swimming & Diving". USC Athletics. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- "ISL". a.isl.global. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- "Srebro dla Polski! Katarzyna Wasick wicemistrzynią Europy" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- "ME w pływaniu: Medal dla Polek! Sukces kobiecej sztafety" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 November 2021.