He was joined in that crew by fellow international competitors Andrew Triggs Hodge and Colin Smith.
Both universities had extremely strong intakes that year, with Cambridge boasting several world champions and the Oxford crew including Olympic silver medallist Barney Williams, and now famed British oarsmen, and three-time Olympic Gold Medalists, Andrew Triggs Hodge and Pete Reed.
[8] Liwski won his first international gold medal in 2002 at the three seat of the United States 8+ in the Nations Cup World Championships.
[10][11] A year later he competed internationally again, this time at the World Cup event at Dorney Lake, Eton.
In 2006, Liwski competed at the World Championships rowing at the five seat in the United States 8+,[13] which won a bronze medal behind Germany and Italy.