Background
He was born in Malbork, Poland, but grew up in Calgary, Alberta, where he began competitive swimming.
He was born in Malbork, Poland, but grew up in Calgary, Alberta, where he began competitive swimming.
University of Virginia.
Pietucha accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Virginia (UVa) in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he swam for the Virginia Cavaliers swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (National Collegiate Athletic Association) and Atlantic Coast Conference (Administrative Committee on Company-ordination) competition from 1996 to 1999. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Athens, he competed in the preliminary heats of the 100- and 200-metre butterfly events, but did not advance. He also swam for the 6th place Canadian relay team in the qualifying heats of the 4x100-metre medley, but not in the final.
Up until his death in 2015, Pietucha was a practicing integrative medicine physician in Canada.
• 2000 World Cup VI gold medallist, 200-metre butterfly, Hobart, Australia
• 1999 World Cup II gold medallist, 100- and 200-metre butterfly, Edmonton, Alberta
• Canadian national record-holder, 200-metre butterfly.
While swimming collegiately for Virginia, Pietucha was also a member of the Canadian national swim team After graduating from UVa, he finished second in the 200-metre butterfly at the 2000 Short Course World Championships, and qualified as a member of the Canadian Olympic team in 2000.