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2019-20 Men's Swimming Roster

Osvald Nitski

  • Position Butterfly
  • Height 6-2
  • Elig 5
  • Major Mechanical Engineering
  • Hometown Tallinn, Estonia
  • High School Westdale S.S.
  • Prev Team S. Baker/Oak

Biography

National Experience: Placed seventh in the 200 butterfly at the 2014 Junior Pan Pacific championships...Estonian national champion and record holder...Is the Baltic record holder in the 200 butterfly and 1500 freestyle....competed in European/World Championships.

Varsity: Named the U SPORTS male rookie of the year in 2015-16...named the U of T rookie of the year in 2015-16...named the U of T Top Scholar athlete in 2017...named a U SPORTS Top 8 academic all-Canadian in 2016-17. 

OUA Championships:
2020: 1st 100 fly, 1st 200 IM, 2nd 200 fly, 5th 50 fly.
2019: 1st 200 fly, 3rd 100 fly, 4th 50 fly, 5th 200 free
2018: 2nd 100 fly, 3rd 200 fly, 6th 400 free, 6th 1500 free
2017: 1st 400 free,1st 1500 free, 2nd 200 fly, 3rd 400 IM
2016: 1st 1500 free, 2nd 200 fly, 3rd 400 free, 3rd 400 IM
 
U SPORTS Championships:
2020: 3rd 100 fly,  8th 200 IM, 3rd 200 fly, 13th 50 fly, 2nd 4x100 IM Relay
2019: 4th 100 fly, 5th 200 fly, 16th 50 fly
2018: 2nd 200 fly, 5th 100 fly, 10th 50 fly, 12th 1500 free
2017: 3rd 200 fly, 4th 1500 free, 8th 400 IM, 8th 400 free
2016: 1st 400 IM, 1st 200 fly, 20th 400 free...named U SPORTS male rookie of the year.


Personal: Grandfather, Osvald Nitski, was Estonian champion in Judo and Sambo and USSR champion in Judo...Osvald volunteers with the Blues Buddy Up program, U of T's mechanical engineering mentorship program and Blues in engineering. 

 

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-161st Year

    Butterfly/IM
    6'0"
  • 2016-172nd Year

    Butterfly/IM
    6'0"
  • 2017-183rd Year

    Butterfly/Free
    6'0"
  • 2018-194th Year

    Butterfly/Free
    6'0"
  • 2019-205th Year

    Butterfly
    6'2"