Wawel Kraków is a Polish multisports club based in

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

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. It was founded in 1919. Wawel Kraków was the first Polish club to win the

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back in 1952. They won the final against their rivals from

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by beating them 5–1. The club was founded in 1919. In 1928, it merged with Wojskowy Klub Sportowy (Military Sports Club, WKS) and took on the name WKS Wawel. For most of its history, Wawel was an organization supported by Kraków garrison of the

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. It still keeps its traditional name of Military Sports Club, even though since 1 January 2002 it is no longer supported by the army. Currently, WKS Wawel has seven departments: track and field, football, volleyball, cross country running, parachuting and tennis. Over the years, Wawel's athletes won several medals at different competitions, including 4 gold Olympic medals of

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(Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004). Furthermore, Korzeniowski won 3 gold medals at World Championships (Athens 1997, Edmonton 2001, Paris 2003), and 2 at European Championships (Budapest 1998, Munich 2002). Among other achievements of Wawel's athletes are: * bronze medal of gymnasts Helena Rakoczy, Danuta Stachow and Barbara Slizowska at 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, * 4 world titles of gymnast Helena Rakoczy, * several medals of sport shooter Wieslaw Gawlikowski, * several medals of athlete

Henryk Szordykowski Henryk Jan Szordykowski (3 June 1944 – 25 December 2022) was a retired Polish runner who specialized in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. He was born in Iłowo-Osada and represented the club Wawel Kraków.Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 cl ...

runner up. After the 1953 season, Wawel was withdrawn from the Ekstraklasa, as army authorities decided that

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should be the only military-sponsored team in the league.

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National Honours

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: ** Runner Up:

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...

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: ** Quarterfinals: 1952, 1965 *

**Winners:

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

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