death_place death_date club birth_place medaltemplates sport birth_date article_title
wrocław , poland 3 october 1992 stali wrocław wilno , poland men 's swimming swimming 22 february 1934 marek petrusewicz

marek petrusewicz

marek petrusewicz -lrb- 22 february 1934 -- 3 october 1992 -rrb- 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 .
