AZS-AWFiS Gdańsk is a Polish multisports club based in

Gdańsk Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdań ...

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. It is the university sports club for the Academy of Physical Education and Sport Jędrzej Śniadeckiego in Gdańsk, and has seen many of the club's teams becoming professional and at times competitive within their respective sports. The club currently has sections in 9 sports, these sports being; athletics, bobsleigh, fencing, gymnastics, judo, rowing, sailing, swimming, table tennis, and a section for universal sports, of the focused sports many athletes from these sections have represented Poland at the Olympics. While these sections are no longer active within the sports club, in the early 2000s the club had competitive teams in rugby and handball.

Sections

Men's handball

Men's handball: AZS-AWFiS Gdańsk - ''dissolved 2010'' The men's handball team, while not as successful as the women's section still had some minor success and played in the

Superliga Superliga (''super league'') may refer to: Sports Superliga can refer to different sports leagues: Association football *Albanian Superliga, the Albanian top-flight men's division * Argentine Superliga, the Argentine top-flight men's division *D ...

for six seasons between 2003–2010. The team's highest finish was a 6th placed finish in 2008–09.

Women's handball

Women's handball: AZS-AWFiS Gdańsk - ''dissolved 2017'' In the early 2000s the women's handball team was one of the best in Poland, finishing consistently as one of the best three clubs in the country. The club won one Polish championship, one Polish Cup, and made the semi-finals of the European Cup. Honours; Superliga *Winners: 2003–04 *Runners-up: 2004–05, 2007–08 *Third place: 2001–02, 2002–03, 2005–06 Polish Cup *Winners: 2005 European Cup *Semi-final: 2002–03

Rugby

Originally formed in 1988 as an affiliate club for

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 Gda ...

and known as Lotnik Pruszcz Gdański. The team became part of the AZS-AWFiS sports club in 2000 when the team moved to Gdańsk. As a rugby union team, the club's honours came before the integration into the AZS-AWFiS sports club, with the team finishing 3rd in the Ekstraliga in 1999–2000, and winning the Polish Cup in 2000. The rugby union club dissolved in 2006, with the AZS-AWFiS Gdańsk rugby section focusing on rugby sevens since 2008.

Olympians

In total 11 ASZ AWFiS Gdańsk Olympians have won 14 Olympic medals. The following athletes have won medals at the Olympics; Rome 1960 *

Jarosława Jóźwiakowska Jarosława Jóźwiakowska, later Jarosława Bieda (born January 20, 1937, in Poznań) is a Polish Athletics (sport), athlete who mainly competed in the high jump. She competed for Poland at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in ...

: 2nd

Women's high jump Barcelona 1992 * Maciej Łasicki: 3rd Bronze medal

Coxed four A coxed four, abbreviated as a 4+, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars and is steered by a coxswain. The crew consists of four rowers, each having one ...

* Cezary Siess: 3rd

Men's team foil *

Ryszard Sobczak Ryszard Sobczak (born 2 November 1967) is a Polish fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1992 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games ...

: 3rd

Men's team foil * Tomasz Tomiak: 3rd Bronze medal

Atlanta 1996 *

Jarosław Rodzewicz Jarosław Rodzewicz (born 11 May 1973) is a Polish fencer. He won a silver medal in the team foil event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commo ...

: 2nd

Men's team foil *

: 2nd

Men's team foil Sydney 2000 *

Leszek Blanik Leszek Robert Blanik (born 1 March 1977 in Wodzisław Śląski) is a Polish gymnast, World and Olympic champion in vault. He was the first to perform a handspring double front vault in piked position which now has been named after him. Olymp ...

: 3rd

Men's vault *

Sylwia Gruchała Sylwia Gruchała (born 6 November 1981 in Gdynia, Pomorskie) is a Polish fencer. Biography In the team foil she won medals at the world championships in 1998 (bronze), 1999 (silver), 2002 (silver), 2003 (gold) and 2007 (gold) as well as an Oly ...

: 2nd

Women's team foil *

Magdalena Mroczkiewicz Magdalena Mroczkiewicz (born 28 August 1979) is a Polish fencer. She won a silver medal in the women's team foil event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded a ...

: 2nd

Women's team foil *

Anna Rybicka Anna Rybicka (born 28 March 1977) is a Polish fencer. She won a silver medal in the women's team foil event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 20 ...

: 2nd

Women's team foil Athens 2004 *

: 3rd

Women's foil Beijing 2008 *

: 1st

Men's vault *

Adam Korol Adam Marek Korol (born 20 August 1974) is a Polish rower and Civic Platform politician. He won a gold medal in quadruple sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He was the Minister of Sport and Tourism from June 2015 to November 2015 and serves in ...

: 1st

Men's quadruple sculls

References

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Sections

Men's handball

Women's handball

Rugby

Olympians

See also

References