“There is no place for that in sports,” Kizierowski said in a recent posting on Facebook, adding that the offer was “attractive”.

Kizierowski, who won gold at the 2006 European Championships, declined the offer just two days after the Amateur Swimming Union of Malaysia (ASUM) announced that Kizierowski would replace former national swimming coach, Paul Birmingham who resigned last year.

Kizierowski’s rejected the offer before Sunday’s move by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to bar Malaysia from hosting the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships to be held in Kuching in July.

It followed Israel’s appeal to change the venue if Malaysia refused to lift a ban on its athletes.

“When a host country excludes athletes from a particular nation, for political reasons, then we have absolutely no alternative but to look for a new championships host,” said IPC president Andrew Parsons.

Putrajaya has defended its decision to bar Israeli athletes, which has sparked accusations of anti-Semitism from Israeli lobbies in the West.