Career
He is the 1985 European bronze medalist, the 1989 European silver medalist and the 1989 World bronze medalist. Filipowski competed in three Winter Olympics between 1984 and 1992, with a best finish of fifth position in 1988. He missed the first half of the 1987-1988 season due to a stress fracture in his left legal
Filipowski was the first skater to perform a triple-triple combination of jumps (3 toe/3 toe) in competition.
Barbara Kossowska coached him in Łódź and Rochester, Minnesota. Filipowski turned pro in 1992 and settled in Canada.
He works as a coach in figure skating at the York Region Skating Academy.