Rafał Szukała
Personal information
Full nameRafał Marek Szukała
NationalityPolish
Born (1971-04-09) 9 April 1971
Poznań, Poznań Voivodeship, Poland
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
ClubWarta Poznań/Olimpia Poznań
(POL)
College teamIowa Hawkeyes (USA)
Medal record

yes

Men's swimming
Representing  Poland
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona 100 m butterfly
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 1994 Rome 100 m butterfly
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Palma 100 m butterfly
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 1989 Bonn 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 1993 Sheffield 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 1989 Bonn 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 1991 Athens 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Vienna 100 m butterfly

Rafał Marek Szukała (born 9 April 1971 in Poznań) is a former butterfly swimmer from Poland, who won the silver medal in the men's 100 m butterfly at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Szukała competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. Szukała won his first major title in 1989, at the 1989 European Aquatics Championships in Bonn, in the 100 m butterfly. He regained the European title in 1993. Szukala also won gold in the 1994 World Championships in the 100 m butterfly.

He attended the University of Iowa, in the United States.

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