Career
Later in the year in Debrecen, he became the first person to beat Yury Prilukov in the European Short Course Championships for 5 years. Sawrymowicz originally touched 4th at the 2012 World Short Course Championships in Istanbul, and was later awarded a bronze medal after the disqualification of Mads Glaesner, the gold medalist, for an anti-doping violation. However, upon appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Glaesner"s 1500-meter freestyle gold medal was reinstated based on the fact that a test after that race, two days after his initial positive test following the 400-meter free, was clean.
He still forfeited the 400-meter freestyle bronze, which he did not appeal.
This means that Sawrymowicz"s official position was returned to 4th place in the 1500-meter freestyle.