Shamek Pietucha is a retired butterfly swimmer born in Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

, who competed for Canada

Canada

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 at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

. There the resident of Calgary, Alberta started in the men's 100m and 200m butterfly. Currently, Shamek is a practicing physician in Toronto, Canada.

His best result in Sydney

Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...

 was a sixth place finish in the Men's 4x100m Medley Relay. His international accomplishments include winning a total number of three medals at the 1999 Pan American Games

1999 Pan American Games

The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23-August 8, 1999 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Approximately 5,000 athletes from 42 nations participated at the games. The 1999...

 in Winnipeg, Canada. Furthermore, he was the NCAA Division 1 Champion in 1999, while competing for the University of Virginia, in the 200 yard Butterfly. His other accomplishments include:

• 2000 World Championship Silver Medalist, 200m butterfly. Athens, GRE.

• 2000 Gold Medalist World Cup VI, 200m butterfly. Hobart, AUS.

• 1999 Gold Medalist World Cup II, 200m butterfly, 100m butterfly. Edmonton, CAN

• 1999 Pan American Games. Gold: 200m butterfly, Silver: 100m butterfly, and Bronze Medalist: 4x100 Medley Relay. Winnipeg, CAN.
• 1998 US Open Champion: 100 and 200m butterfly. Indianapolis, USA

• 1997 World University Games: Silver: 100m butterfly and Bronze Medalist: 200m butterfly. Sicily, ITALY.

• Canadian National Record Holder: 200m Butterfly

• Six-time Canadian National Champion.