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{{short description|Polish swimmer}}
{{use mdy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Adam Mania
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| nicknames = DB Snitcha
| national_team = {{USA}} / {{POL}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|8|31}}
| birth_place = [[Hickman, Nebraska]], U.S.
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| height = 1.88 m
| weight = 86.2 kg
| strokes = [[Backstroke]] and [[breaststroke]]
| club = Schroeder YMCA Swim Team
| collegeteam = [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]]
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'''Adam Mania''' (born August 31, 1983 in [[Hickman, Nebraska]]) is a swimmer who competed in the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]], [[Greece]] for [[Poland]]. In 2006, he switched allegiance to the [[United States]]. He grew up in Hickman, Nebraska, where he attended Norris School District 160 and swam for [[Beatrice High School]].

He was initially trained at Country Kids Swim Team in [[Bennett Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska|Bennett, Nebraska]] in a 2-lane 20-yard pool by Robin Lowe until college.

He swam for the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]], where he was a [[Big-10]] champion in the 400 [[Freestyle swimming|freestyle relay]], and a 13-time All-American. He was the University of Wisconsin–Madison school record holder in the 100 [[backstroke]], 200 backstroke, 200 [[breaststroke]], and 200 [[individual medley]]. He was the U.S. National Champion in 2006 in the 100 backstroke and 200 individual medley in the meet held in [[Federal Way, Washington]]. In 2010 Mania was also part of his team's national championship 4 x 100 LCM Freestyle Relay, giving him his third U.S. national title.

He was a coach and swimmer for Schroeder YMCA Swim Team in [[Brown Deer, Wisconsin]] and coached by Dave Anderson when he won his 3 National Titles and also when he set the US Open Record in the 50m Backstroke. His main training partner for the 2012 Olympic trials was [[Kevin Ewald]].

His parents are Genowefa Szczerbowska and Zbigniew Mania who met in a refugee camp in Vienna, Austria in 1981 after fleeing from Poland shortly before martial law was declared.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}

==References==
* {{cite Sports-Reference |title=Adam Mania |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/adam-mania-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203135852/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/adam-mania-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016}}

== External links ==
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com|adam-mania|oc_archive=20200213151027|org_archive=20200213145525}}
* {{PKOl profile|adam-mania|old_id=1412,mania-adam|archive=20200213145527}}

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[[Category:1983 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American male swimmers]]
[[Category:Polish male backstroke swimmers]]
[[Category:Polish male breaststroke swimmers]]
[[Category:Polish male medley swimmers]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for Poland]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:People from Lancaster County, Nebraska]]
[[Category:Wisconsin Badgers men's swimmers]]
[[Category:21st-century Polish sportsmen]]
[[Category:21st-century American sportsmen]]