Bernt Zarnowiecki

Bernt Zarnowiecki

Personal information
Born	(1954-05-26)26 May 1954 Gothenburg, Sweden
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	Simklubben S02, Göteborg
Medal record Men's swimming Representing   Sweden European Championships 1974 Vienna 4×200 m freestyle

Bernt Lennart Zarnowiecki (born 26 May 1954) is a Swedish swimmer, international competititor and 1972 Munich Olympic participant in the freestyle relay.

Zarnowiecki was born 26 May 1954 in Gothenburg, Sweden. He swam for the Simklubben S02 club, in his hometown of Gothenburg. ^[1]

Zarnowiecki won a bronze medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1974 European Aquatics Championships. ^[2]

1972 Munich Olympics

Competing in the 200 metres individual freestyle relay event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, he was eliminated in the preliminaries. Zarnowiecki placed 34th in the 200 with a time of 2:01.34. ^{[3] [4] [1]}

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. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

His twin sister, Anita Zarnowiecki, also competed in freestyle swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the ninth Maccabiah Games. ^[3]

References

1. "Olympedia Biography, Bernt Zarnowiecki". olympedia.org. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
2. Bernt ZARNOWIECKI. les-sports.info
3. Bernt Zarnowiecki Archived 13 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine . sports-reference.com
4. Bernt Zarnowiecki Archived 19 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine . sok.se
5. "Sweden's Gold Medal Twins Swim to 2 More at Maccabiah". The New York Times. 14 July 1973.
6. "U.S. Suspends Fighting Doctor". The New York Times. 13 July 1973.
7. Spitz's 1500 Meters Mark Broken. Lakeland Ledger (15 July 1973).