ZKS Stal Rzeszów is a

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 ...

, currently best known for its

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

and

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...

sections, although with huge successes in

diving Diving most often refers to: * Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water * Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes Diving or Dive may also refer to: Sports * Dive (American football), ...

and

wrestling Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves di ...

Acrobatic gymnastics

The club possesses an

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section.

Association football

Founded in 1944 as one of the first sections of the club. They won the

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in 1975, and despite limited success overall, remains a popular club in the city.

Boxing

The boxing section of the club boast several national championship medals, and boasts professional boxer

Łukasz Różański Łukasz Różański (born 23 January 1986) is a Polish professional boxer. He held the World Boxing Council (WBC) bridgerweight title from 2023 to 2024 Professional career WBC bridgerweight champion Rozanski vs. Babic On April 22, 2023 ...

Cycling

The club possesses a

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section.

Diving

History

The diving section of the ZKS Stal Rzeszów club, was established in 1985. Then, coach Ryszard Wojtaszewski selected several children from the

section with whom he began training at the pool. The first successes came in the first year of the section's existence, when Marta Tomkiewicz won the second place in the springboard jumping competition at the 12th National Youth Spartakade. In the following years, the section developed very dynamically, bringing up many great athletes. One of the greatest achievements of the sports section is the education of the Olympian

Grzegorz Kozdranski Grzegorz (Polish pronunciation: ) is a Polish given name, equivalent to English '' Gregory''. Its diminutive forms include Grześ, Grzesiek, and Grzesio; augmentative – Grzechu. Individuals named Grzegorz may choose to celebrate their name day ...

Achievements

*1992 - Olympic Games in Barcelona - junior athlete

Grzegorz Kozdrański Grzegorz Kozdrański (born 7 June 1976) is a Polish diver. He competed in two events at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were ...

takes part in jumping competitions from a 3m springboard and a 10m tower, *1993 - Junior European Championships, gold medal for 10m tower jumps for Grzegorz Kozdranski, *1994 - Junior European Championships, bronze puck for 7.5m tower jumps for Daniel Kozak, *1997 - Junior European Championships, two silver medals of Dariusz Górniak for 7.5m tower jumps and 3m trampolines, *1998 - Junior European Championships, 1st place and the title of Junior European Champion for Dariusz Górniak on a 3-meter trampoline, *2001 - Junior European Championships, bronze medal won by Grzegorz Szczepek on the 1m springboard, *2008 - Junior European Championships, bronze medal won by Andrzej Rzeszutek on a 1-meter springboard, *2009 - Junior European Championships, silver medal won by Andrzej Rzeszutek on a 1-meter springboard, *2009 - Senior World Championships, 8th place for Andrzej Rzeszutek on a 1-meter trampoline. *2011 - Junior European Championships, silver medal for Kacper Lesiak on a 1-meter trampoline. *2011 - Senior World Championships, 8th place for Andrzej Rzeszutek on a 1-meter trampoline.

Ice hockey

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section of the club existed between 1953 and 1961.

Motorcycle speedway

A currently independent club, the

former section of the sports club is one of the most decorated teams in the sport, winning a vast number of medals.

Wrestling

The wrestling section of Stal Rzeszów was established in 1959, and its creators were coach Jan Małek and activists Waldemar Pasternak and Józef Ziembicki. After three years, in 1962, the team was promoted to the regional league of Kraków and Rzeszów. In 1967 the Stal team was promoted to the 1st league. Promotion was won by athletes who were at the beginning of their careers, winning medals at the Polish Junior Championships. In 1967, Stal won the silver medal at the Central Spartakiad. After a year of performances in the highest league, Stal were relegated, but in 1968 they were promoted to the first league. In 1969 Stal won the Polish team championship for the first time. In total, Stal Rzeszów became an 18-time Polish team wrestling champion (last time in 1990). Moreover, the team won the silver medal several times (1970, 1978, 1984, 1991). In the early 1990s, Wojciech Małek was the leading coach in the wrestling section of Stal. Other well-known athletes of the section are

Jan Falandys Jan Falandys (born 18 June 1956) is a retired light-flyweight freestyle wrestler from Poland. He won bronze medals at the world championships in 1979 and 1983 and placed fourth at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), offici ...

Bibliography

References

{{reflist Sport in Rzeszów Multi-sport clubs in Poland 1944 establishments in Poland Stal Rzeszów