Otylia Jędrzejczak
Biographical information
| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
|---|---|
| Sex | Female |
| Full name | Otylia•Jędrzejczak |
| Used name | Otylia•Jędrzejczak |
| Born | 13 December 1983 in Ruda Śląska, Śląskie (POL) |
| Measurements | 187 cm / 73 kg |
| Affiliations | AZS Warszawa, Warszawa (POL) |
| NOC |  Poland |
| Medals | OG |
| Gold | 1 |
| Silver | 2 |
| Bronze | 0 |
| Total | 3 |
Biography
Otylia Jędrzejczak was Poland’s first Olympic champion in swimming. She achieved this at the Athens Olympics in the 200 metre butterfly, without doubt her strongest distance. In that event, she has also won two world championships (2003 and 2005), four European titles (2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006) and three European short-course golds (2001, 2006-07). Jędrzejczak also broke the world record in this distance three times, of which one was in a short-course pool. Her only international title in another event came at the 2006 Europeans, when she claimed gold in the 200 freestyle. She has also medalled in the 400 free at the Athens Games (silver), and won one Olympic and three World Championship medals in the 100 butterfly. After her golden race in Greece, Jędrzejczak auctioned off her medal, with the proceeds (some US$ 80,000) going to combat leukemia in the children’s hospital of Wrocław. Her career was brutally interrupted when she crashed her car into a tree during bad weather, killing her 19-year-old brother Szymon, who was also a swimmer. Refusing to take a suspended prison sentence, she was eventually convicted on appeal, and sentenced to community service and a suspension of her driving license. Although continuing to swim, her performances gradually declined, and she missed the finals in both major tournaments of 2008, the Europeans and the Olympics. After these poor results, she retired.
Results
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Summer Olympics | Swimming (Aquatics) | POL |
Otylia Jędrzejczak | |||
| 100 metres Butterfly, Women (Olympic) | 9 | |||||
| 200 metres Butterfly, Women (Olympic) | 5 | |||||
| 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Women (Olympic) | Poland | 12 | ||||
| 2004 Summer Olympics | Swimming (Aquatics) | POL |
Otylia Jędrzejczak | |||
| 400 metres Freestyle, Women (Olympic) | 2 | Silver | ||||
| 100 metres Butterfly, Women (Olympic) | 2 | Silver | ||||
| 200 metres Butterfly, Women (Olympic) | 1 | Gold | ||||
| 2008 Summer Olympics | Swimming (Aquatics) | POL |
Otylia Jędrzejczak | |||
| 400 metres Freestyle, Women (Olympic) | 9 | |||||
| 100 metres Butterfly, Women (Olympic) | 17 | |||||
| 200 metres Butterfly, Women (Olympic) | 4 | |||||
| 2012 Summer Olympics | Swimming (Aquatics) | POL |
Otylia Jędrzejczak | |||
| 100 metres Butterfly, Women (Olympic) | 25 | |||||
| 200 metres Butterfly, Women (Olympic) | 16 |
Special Notes
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Summer Universiade (3–0–0 2005 İzmir SWI gold: 200 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly, and 200 m butterfly)
- Listed in Olympians Who Set a European Record in Long Course Swimming (200 m butterfly – 19 September 2000 - 23 July 2001 and 4 August 2002 - 19 March 2009: 2:07.81 (19 September 2000; Sydney, AUS), 2:05.78 (4 August 2002; Berlin, GER), 2:05.61 (28 July 2005; Montréal, CAN))
- Listed in Olympians Who Set a European Record in Short Course Swimming (200 m butterfly – 7 December 2006 - 26 November 2009: 2:04.94 (7 December 2006; Helsinki, FIN), 2:03.53 (13 December 2007; Debrecen, HUN))
- Listed in Olympians Who Set a World Record in Long Course Swimming (200 m butterfly – 4 August 2002 - 17 August 2006: 2:05.78 (4 August 2002; Berlin, GER), 2:05.61 (28 July 2005; Montréal, CAN))
- Listed in Olympians Who Set a World Record in Short Course Swimming (200 m butterfly – 13 December 2007 - 23 February 2008: 2:03.53 (13 December 2007; Debrecen, HUN))
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Aquatics Championships (5–3–2 1999 İstanbul SWM bronze: 200 m butterfly; 2000 Helsinki SWM gold: 200 m butterfly, silver: 100 m butterfly; 2002 Berlin SWM gold: 200 m butterfly, silver: 100 m butterfly; 2004 Madrid SWM gold: 200 m butterfly, bronze: 100 m butterfly; 2006 Budapest SWM gold: 200 m freestyle and 200 m butterfly, silver: 4×200 m freestyle relay)
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Swimming Championships (25 m) (3–1–1 2001 Antwerpen gold: 200 m butterfly; 2006 Helsinki gold: 200 m butterfly, silver: 200 m freestyle; 2007 Debrecen gold: 200 m butterfly, bronze: 100 m butterfly)
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Aquatics Championships (2–3–2 2001 Fukuoka SWI silver: 100 m butterfly; 2003 Barcelona SWI gold: 200 m butterfly, silver: 100 m butterfly; 2005 Montréal SWI gold: 200 m butterfly, bronze: 100 m butterfly; 2007 Melbourne SWI silver: 400 m freestyle, bronze: 200 m butterfly)
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Short-Course Swimming Championships (25 m) (0–0–1 2000 Athina bronze: 200 m butterfly)