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Maria Piątkowska
Maria Piątkowska (; previously ''Chojnacka'', née Ilwicka; 24 February 193119 December 2020) was a Polish sprinter, hurdler, and long jumper. She won the 4 × 100 m relay event at the 1962 European Athletics Championships, and came third in two other European Athletics Championships events. She was Polish national champion in long jump, pentathlon, and the 80 metres running event. Career Piątkowska was a member of Legia Warsaw athletics club, and the University Sports Association of Poland. In 1951 and 1958, she won the Polish National Championships long jump event. In 1954, she won the Polish National Championships pentathlon event, and in 1959 and 1963, she won the Polish National Championships 80 metres event. Piątkowska competed at the Summer Olympic Games in 1952, 1960, and 1964. At the 1964 Games, she finished sixth in the 80 metres hurdles event, in a time of 10.7 seconds. Piątkowska competed at three European Athletics Championships, in 1954, 1958, and 1962. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport Of Athletics
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing sports, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and racewalking. The results of racing events are decided by finishing position (or time, where measured), while the jumps and throws are won by the athlete that achieves the highest or furthest measurement from a series of attempts. The simplicity of the competitions, and the lack of a need for expensive equipment, makes athletics one of the most common types of sports in the world. Athletics is mostly an individual sport, with the exception of relay (athletics), relay races and competitions which combine athletes' performances for a team score, such as cross country. Organized athletics are traced back to the Ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC. The rules and format of the modern athletics events, events in athletics were defined in Western Europe and N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 Summer Olympics, 1896 in Athens, Kingdom of Greece, Greece, and the most recent edition was held in 2020 Summer Olympics, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is responsible for organising the Games and for overseeing the host city's preparations. The tradition of awarding medals began in 1904 Summer Olympics, 1904; in each Olympic Games, Olympic event, gold medals are awarded for first place, silver medals for second place, and bronze medals for third place. The Winter Olympic Games were created out of the success of the Summer Olympic Games, which are regarded as the largest and most prestigious multi-sport international event in the world. The Summer Olympics have increased in sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halina Górecka
Halina Sylwia Górecka (née Richter, later Herrmann; born 4 February 1938) is a retired Polish and German sprinter. At the Summer Olympics she competed for Poland in 1956, 1960 and 1964 and for West Germany in 1968. She won a bronze and a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay in 1960 and 1964, respectively. The Polish team set a world record in the 1964 final, but it was annulled after one teammate, Ewa Kłobukowska Ewa Janina Kłobukowska (born 1 October 1946) is a Polish former sprinter. She competed at the 1964 Olympics in the 4×100 m relay and 100 m sprint and won a gold and a bronze medal, respectively.Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irena Szewińska
Irena Szewińska (née Kirszenstein; Polish pronunciation: ; 24 May 1946 – 29 June 2018) was a Polish Sprint (running), sprinter who was one of the world's foremost athletes for nearly two decades, in multiple events. She is the only athlete in history, male or female, to have held the world record in the 100 m, the 200 m and the 400 m. Personal life Irena Kirszenstein was born in Leningrad to a Jewish-Poles, Polish family. Her father came from Warsaw and mother from Kiev. They met in Samarkand where they studied at the time, and in 1947 moved to Warsaw. In 1967, she married her coach, Janusz Szewiński, who also competed in hurdles at the national level and later worked as a sports photographer. They have two sons, Andrzej Szewiński (born 1970), who played volleyball for the Poland men's national volleyball team and later became a senator, and Jarosław (born 1981). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVP Sport
TVP Sport is a Polish sport channel owned by TVP launched on 18 November 2006. The channel is available on Canal+, Cyfrowy Polsat, as well as over cable providers. Broadcast SD broadcasting via satellite (''Eutelsat Hot Bird'') stopped on 6 April 2017. Broadcast rights *Olympic Games Athletics *European Athletics Championships *European Indoor Athletics Championships *World Athletics Championships *World Junior Championships in Athletics *Janusz Kusociński Memorial *Kamila Skolimowska Memorial *Pedros Cup Cycling *UCI Road World Championships *UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships *UCI Track Cycling World Championships *Tour de Pologne *Tour de Suisse * Arctic Race of Norway Equestrian *Most important competitions in Poland Football *UEFA Euro 2012 *2014 FIFA World Cup *2015 FIFA Women's World Cup *UEFA Euro 2016 *2018 FIFA World Cup * 2018 FIFA Club World Cup *2019 Copa América *2019 FIFA Women's World Cup *UEFA Euro 2020 *2022 FIFA World Cup *2023 FIFA Women' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elżbieta Szyroka
Elżbieta or Elžbieta may refer to: * Elżbieta, Lublin Voivodeship, a village in eastern Poland * Elżbieta-Kolonia, a village in eastern Poland * Elżbieta, a Polish given name equivalent to Elizabeth Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist Ships * HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships * ''Elisabeth'' (sch ... * Elžbieta, a Lithuanian given name equivalent to Elizabeth See also * {{disambiguation Lithuanian feminine given names Polish feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Sobotta
Barbara Sobotta (née Janiszewska; December 4, 1936 in Poznań – November 20, 2000 in Kraków) was a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the women's sprint events during her career. In 1958 in Stockholm, she won the European Championships 200 metres race (as Maria Leontyavna Itkina won the bronze medal). She competed for Poland at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy where she won the bronze medal in the women's 4 x 100 metres with her teammates Teresa Wieczorek, Celina Jesionowska and Halina Richter. Additional images File:Barbara Sobotta.jpg File:B.Sobotta Poznan.jpg, Dom rodzinny Barbary Sobotty - Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John ..., ul. Wierzbięcice 41a References * 1936 births 2000 deaths Sportspeople from Poznań Poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Ciepły
Teresa Barbara Ciepły (''née'' Wieczorek; 19 October 1937 – 8 March 2006) was a Polish sprinter and hurdler. She was a bronze Olympic medalist in the 4×100 metre relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Two years later she won gold medals in the 4 × 100 m relay (in European record time of 44.5 seconds) and the 80 m hurdles, and a bronze medal in the 100 m sprint at the 1962 European Championships. The same year she was chosen as the Polish Sportspersonality of the year. At the 1964 Olympics she won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay, in a world record time of 43.6 seconds, and a silver in the 80 m hurdles. Nationally Ciepły won the Polish titles in the 80 m hurdles (1961–62, 1964–1965) and in the 100 m sprint (1960–1962). Shortly after the 1960 Olympics she married Olgierd Ciepły, an Olympic hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "ham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onet
Onet.pl is one of the largest Polish web portals. It is owned by the Kraków-based Grupa Onet.pl S.A. It was founded in 1996 by Optimus company. According to Alexa rankings, as of October 2017, it was the 45th most popular website worldwide and the 3rd most popular site in Poland. As of December 2016, it is the 6th most visited website in Poland, 311th in the UK, and 375th worldwide. Ringier Axel Springer Media AG holds the majority of Onet since 2012. Services Among its services is a Polish online encyclopedia, the WIEM Encyklopedia. It also has a licence for Rebtel service (marketed in Poland as OnetRebtel) and Skype service (marketed in Poland as OnetSkype). Its other services include email, web hosting, Usenet access, web forums and online chats. Onet launched a clone of CNN iReport called Cynk. This citizen journalism Citizen journalism, also known as collaborative media, participatory journalism, democratic journalism, guerrilla journalism or street journalism, is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 European Athletics Championships
The 6th European Athletics Championships were held from 19–24 August 1958 in the Olympic Stadium of Stockholm, Sweden. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. Medal summary Complete results were published. Men Women Medal table Participation According to an unofficial count, 629 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event, three athletes more than the official number of 626 as published. A joint German team comprising athletes from both East and West Germany was competing. Assignment of the athletes to East or West Germany was accomplished using the database of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Leichtathletik-Dokumentation 1990 e.V. * (15) * (13) * (8) * (24) * (9) * (29) * (38) * (76) ** (25) ** (51) * (14) * (22) * (9) * (4) * (35) * (1) * (21) * (25) * (49) * (1) * (7) * (68) * (7) * (48) * (23) * (5) * (55) * (23) References * * External links European AthleticsAthletix {{Authority control European Athl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 European Athletics Championships
The 5th European Athletics Championships were held at Stadion Neufeld from 25–29 August 1954 in the Swiss capital Bern. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. Medal summary Complete results were published. Men Women Medal table Participation According to an unofficial count, 689 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event, three athletes more than the official number of 686 as published. * (25) * (29) * (9) * (42) * (7) * (31) * (49) * (7) * (41) * (7) * (3) * (24) * (4) * (2) * (12) * (13) * (35) * (9) * (24) * (9) * (68) * Spain (4) * (37) * (50) * (16) * (46) * (62) * (24) References * * External links EAAAthletix {{European athletics champs European Athletics Championships European Athletics Championships European Athletics Championships The European Athletics Championships is a biennial (from 2010) athletics event organised by the European Athletics Association and is recognised as the elite contine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 Metres Hurdles
The women's 80 metres hurdles was the only women's hurdle race in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 18 October and 19 October 1964. 31 athletes from 20 nations entered, with 4 not starting the first round. The first round was held on 18 October, with the semifinals and final on 19 October. The 1965 film ''Tokyo Olympiad'' by Kon Ichikawa shows amazingly great detail of the preliminaries, preparation, final and medal ceremony surrounding this event. The slow motion study of the final shows Yoda Ikuko getting a fast start. Joining Ikuko in the lead is Teresa Ciepły. Rosie Bonds crashed the second hurdle and is awkward the rest of the race. By the third hurdle Pam Kilborn has overtaken Ikuko and Ciepły for the lead. Karin Balzer and Irina Press Irina Natanovna Press, uk, Ірина Натанівна Пресс, ''Iryna Natanivna Press'', group=nb (10 March 1939 – 21 February 2004) was a multitalented Soviet athlete who co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
