Marek Petrusewicz

Who is Marek Petrusewicz?

Marek Petrusewicz was a Polish swimmer who won a silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1954 European Aquatics Championships. He competed in the same event at the 1952 Summer Olympics but did not reach the finals. Between 1953 and 1954 he set two world records in the 100 m breaststroke.

Buerger's disease resulted in amputation of his both legs, one in 1967 and the other in 1983. Nevertheless, he continued competing among disabled athletes in the 1960s, and was active in sport and political life of Poland until the second amputation and a stroke that he suffered in 1986.