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Lechia Gdańsk (sports Club)
Lechia Gdańsk was a Polish multi-sports club based in Gdańsk, Poland. Formed in 1945 the club held many different sections until 2002 when the teams started to operate as their own organisations. While run as their own organisations now, many of the teams that were part of the singular sports club often still hold the name ''Lechia''. Overview Football (men's first team) Men's football: Lechia Gdańsk - ''formed 1945'' The most well known and supported section of the sports club has been the men's football team. Honours: Ekstraklasa - Third place (2): 1956, 2018–19 Polish Cup - Winners (2): 1982–83, 2018–19Runners-up (2): 1955, 2019–20 Polish Super Cup - Winners (2): 1983, 2019 Football (men's second team) Men's football: KS Lechia Gdańsk II (second team) - ''formed 1953'' The second team for Lechia Gdańsk which is mostly used as to develop players from the academy and to assess who is ready to play in the first team. III liga - Runners-up: 2014–15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multi-sports Club
A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and may play other similar clubs on occasion, watched mostly by family and friends, to large commercial organisations with professional players which have teams that regularly compete against those of other clubs and sometimes attract very large crowds of paying spectators. Clubs may be dedicated to a single sport or to several (multi-sport clubs). The term "athletics club" is sometimes used for a general sports club, rather than one dedicated to athletics proper. Friedrich Ludwig Jahn's Turner movement, first realised at Volkspark Hasenheide in Berlin in 1811, was the origin of the modern sports clubs. Organization Larger sports clubs are characterized by having professional and amateur departments in various sports such as bike polo, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henryk Kowalski (cyclist)
Henryk Kowalski (17 July 1933 – 11 July 2021) was a Polish road cyclist. Born in Turzysk in the Second Polish Republic Kowalski will have been forced to move westwards after World War II due to the changing of borders and expulsion of local populations, with his hometown being given to Ukraine. Kowalski started cycling professionally with Budowlani Warszawa between 1954–1955, spent a short spell with Stal Stocznia in 1956, before spending the majority of his career with KK Lechia Gdańsk between 1957–1970. It was while with Lechia he enjoyed his greatest success, winning the Tour de Pologne twice, in 1957 and 1961. and winning the Vuelta a Cuba in 1967. Kowalski died in Gdańsk aged 88, and is buried in the Żydowski cemetery in Chełm, Gdańsk. Major results ;1957 : 1st Berlin–Cottbus–Berlin : 1st Overall Tour de Pologne ;1959 : 1st Stage 1 Tour de Pologne ;1961 : 1st Overall Tour de Pologne ;1963 : 2nd GANEFO Games ;1967 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Cuba The Vuel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KL Lechia Gdańsk (Athletics)
Klub Lekkoatletyczny Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish athletics club based in Gdańsk, Poland. The athletics club was formed and became part of the Lechia Gdańsk sports club. While the club has not been officially associated with the other sporting sections since 2002, the athletics club still continues with the name ''Lechia''. In 2007 Lechia started building a new athletics stadium and training complex. The building was to be completed in 2010, and to be called the "Stadion Lekkoatletyczny KL Lechia" but was later abandoned. The club states that its purpose and aims are to; provide better sporting opportunities for the inhabitants of Gdańsk, provide development for the best athletes as well as providing the best possible conditions for its athletes and competitors, and to promote sport and recreation for the disabled inhabitants. Achievements The following achievements were attained by athletes from the sports club; (Time spent at Lechia in brackets) Kazimierz Zimny (Long- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biało-Zielone Ladies Gdańsk (rugby Sevens)
Biało-Zielone Ladies Gdańsk is a rugby sevens based in Gdańsk, Poland. Formed in 2009, the club had strong links with the RC Lechia Gdańsk team, and the club itself was known as RC Ladies Lechia Gdańsk at the time of its formation. The ladies rugby club separated from the men's rugby club and the Lechia sports club and became known as Biało-Zielone (English: ''White-Green''). History Since the club's creation it has always finished in the top three of the Polish Women's Rugby 7's Championships every year, and has won the competition each year since 2011. In 2013 the team at the time known as RC Mario Ladies Lechia Gdańsk hosted a rugby 7's tournament in Gdańsk called the ''Mario Cup 2013''. Biało-Zielone Ladies Gdańsk are the most successful ladies rugby 7's team in Poland having won 13 of the 17 national championships (Biało-Zielone did not take part in the first two editions of the championships). The Championships are decided over a series of tournaments held thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RC Lechia Gdańsk
Lechia Gdańsk is a Polish rugby union team that plays in the Rugby Ekstraliga, the premier rugby union league in Poland. It is one of the oldest and most successful teams in Polish rugby. History In early days of Polish rugby in 1950's Gdańsk was one of the epicentres of the sport, mainly of interest among students. The very first 2 teams were "AZS Politechnika", the team representing the Gdańsk Polytechnic and the "Technikum Wychowania Fizycznego" team, the team of the Technical Sports College, abbreviated to "TWF". The main driving force behind the TWF team was a man named Henryk Hodiak. When in 1955 rugby became recognised by the Minister of Sport and a national rugby federation was set up, it allowed the start registration process of teams. When "AZS Politechnika" became one of the first teams to register, Hodiak started to look to register his own team in one of the local sports clubs. Thanks to Sławomir Zieleniewski, an activist at BKS Lechia and a lecturer at TWF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lechia Gdańsk Ladies (football)
Lechia Gdańsk Ladies (), formerly known as ''Biało-Zielone Gdańsk'', is the ladies football team for Lechia Gdańsk. History The team were created in 2016 as Biało-Zielone Gdańsk and focused on football training for girls in youth teams. Biało-Zielone Gdańsk was closely linked with Lechia Gdańsk in its early years. After Lechia and AP Lotos Gdańsk, then known as Akademia Piłkarska Lechia Gdańsk, started having differences in how the academy should be run, the Biało-Zielone team allowed Lechia to have its own ladies team that was not associated with the team that Lechia and AP Lotos Gdańsk, with funding from Grupa Lotos Grupa Lotos S.A. was a vertically integrated oil company based in Gdańsk, in northern Poland. The company was listed in the Polish index WIG30. The Polish state was the majority shareholder with 53% percent. The company's main activity branch ..., had created together in 2015. Biało-Zielone were created with the agreement that the team would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarzyna Radtke
Katarzyna Radtke, née Schewe (born 31 August 1969) is a retired Polish race walker born in Bydgoszcz. Achievements See also *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: Men Women Mixed Indoor Men Women Mixed Notes Refere ... References * 1969 births Living people Polish female race walkers Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes from Bydgoszcz Lechia Gdańsk athletes Polish Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Polish sportswomen {{Poland-racewalk-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 43 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 19 by women. The competition ran from July 31, 1992, to August 9, 1992. Fourteen world record-holders (eight men and six women) were among the contenders. Thirty former Olympic champions competed, and a total number of 1725 athletes from 156 countries. Medal summary Men * Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals. Women * Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals. Medal table Participating nations A total of 156 nations participated in the different Athletics events at the 1992 Summer Olympics. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * See also * 1992 in athle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernadetta Blechacz
Bernadetta Blechacz (born 30 July 1955 in Kcynia, Kuyavian-Pomeranian) is a former javelin thrower from Poland, who set her personal best in 1979, throwing 62.76 metres. She competed for her native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ..., finishing in ninth place (61.46 metres) in the overall-rankings. Bibliographysports-reference 1955 births Living people People from Kcynia Polish female javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes from Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Lechia Gdańsk athletes Polish Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Polish sportswomen {{Poland-javelinthrow-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russia. The games were the first to be staged in an Eastern Bloc country, as well as the first Olympic Games and only Summer Olympics to be held in a Slavic languages, Slavic language-speaking country. They were also the only Summer Olympic Games to be held in a self-proclaimed communist country until the 2008 Summer Olympics held in China. These were the final Olympic Games under the International Olympic Committee, IOC Presidency of Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin before he was succeeded by Juan Antonio Samaranch shortly afterward. Eighty nations were represented at the Moscow Games, the smallest number since 1956 Summer Olympics, 1956. Led by the United States, 66 countries 1980 Summer Olympics boycott, boycotted the games entirely, beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mieczysław Łomowski
Mieczysław Łomowski (19 September 1914, in Vilna – 15 October 1969, near Gniew) was a Polish shot putter who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He died in a car accident near Gniew Gniew (; ) is a historic town situated on the left bank of the Vistula River, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It has 6,870 inhabitants (2016). It is one of the oldest towns in Eastern Pomerania, and is renowned for its medieval .... References 1914 births 1969 deaths Polish male shot putters Polish athletics coaches Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Athletes from Vilnius People from Vilensky Uyezd People from the Russian Empire of Polish descent Road incident deaths in Poland Lechia Gdańsk athletes 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-shotput-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus caused by the outbreak of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics held since the 1936 Summer Olympics, 1936 Games in Berlin. The 1940 Summer Olympics, 1940 Olympic Games had been scheduled for Tokyo and then for Helsinki, while the 1944 Summer Olympics, 1944 Olympic Games had been provisionally planned for London. This was the second time London hosted the Olympic Games, having previously hosted them in 1908 Summer Olympics, 1908, making it the second city to host summer olympics twice (after Paris). The Olympics would return again to London 64 years later in 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012, making London the first city to host the games thrice, and the only such city until Paris, who hosted their third games in 2024 Summer Olympics, 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
