International Rowing Career
Liwski won his first international gold medal in 2002 at the three seat of the United States Eight in the Nations Cup World Championships. He then won gold again in the United States Eight at the 2003 Pan-American Games. Liwski sat in the five seat of the United States Eight, which came fourth in the final World Cup event before the Athens Olympics, but rowed as the Olympic team spare by the time the crew went on to win Gold in Athens. A year later he competed internationally again, this time at the World Cup event at Dorney Lake, Eton. Liwski, and Oxford crewmate Michael Blomquist, finished ninth there in the coxless pair.
In 2006 Liwski competed at the World Championships rowing at the five seat in the United States Eight, which won a bronze medal behind Germany and Italy. Competing again at the 2007 World Championships, Liwski stroked the four with coxswain to a gold medal.
In 2008 after a difficult year of team selection, Liwski was once again named as alternate on the men's sweep team for the Beijing Olympics.
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