The Polish Athletic Association ( pl, Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki – PZLA) is the governing body for the sport of

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

. Current president is Henryk Olszewski.

History

PZLA was founded in 1919 and was affiliated to the IAAF in 1921. Former presidents: * 1919–1921:

Tadeusz Kuchar Tadeusz Kuchar (13 April 1891, in Kraków – 5 April 1966, in Warsaw) was a Polish athlete, footballer, swimmer, ice-skater, skier, sports official, and the brother of Wacław Kuchar. For most of his life he was strongly connected with the tea ...

* 1921–1926: Bronisław Kowalewski * 1926–1930: Jerzy Misiński * 1930–1939: Wacław Znajdowski * 1945–1949: Walenty Foryś * 1949–1965: Czesław Foryś * 1965–1967: Michał Godlewski * 1967: Henryk Krzemiński * 1967–1969: Witold Gerutto * 1969–1972: Andrzej Majkowski * 1972–1973: Adam Zborowski * 1973–1976: Piotr Nurowski * 1976–1978: Stefan Milewski * 1978–1980: Piotr Nurowski * 1980–1984: Czesław Ząbecki * 1984–1986: Leszek Wysłocki * 1986–1988: Mieczysław Kolejwa (caretaker) * 1988–1989: Jan Mulak (curator PZLA) * 1989–1997: Czesław Ząbecki * 1997–2009:

Irena Szewińska Irena Szewińska (née Kirszenstein; Polish pronunciation: ; 24 May 1946 – 29 June 2018) was a Polish sprinter who was one of the world's foremost athletes for nearly two decades, in multiple events. She is the only athlete in history, m ...

* 2009–2016: Jerzy Skucha * 2016–...: Henryk Olszewski

Affiliations

PZLA is the national member federation for

in the following international organisations: *

World Athletics World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body fo ...

European Athletics The European Athletic Association (more commonly known as European Athletics) is the governing body for athletics in Europe. It is one of the six Area Associations of the world's athletics governing body World Athletics. European Athletics has 51 ...

(EA)

National records

PZLA maintains the

Polish records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Poland maintained by its national athletics federation: Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki (PZLA). Outdoor Key to tables: + = en route to a longer distance h = hand timing Men Women ...

Kit suppliers

Poland's kits are currently supplied by Polish sportswear company 4F.

References

External links

*
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Polski Zwiazek Lekkiej Atletyki

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...

Athletics in Poland National governing bodies for athletics Sports organizations established in 1919 1919 establishments in Poland