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Witold Bańka (; born 3 October 1984) is a Polish former 400 metres sprinter turned politician. Since November 2015, he has been the Minister of Sport and Tourism in the
cabinet of Beata Szydło Cabinet of Beata Szydło formed the 17th government of Poland, until 11 December 2017. Governing during the 8th legislature of the Sejm and the 9th legislature of the Senate, it was led by Beata Szydło Beata Maria Szydło (, née Kusińsk ...
and cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki. In May 2019, he was elected President of the
World Anti-Doping Agency The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA; french: Agence mondiale antidopage, AMA) is a foundation initiated by the International Olympic Committee based in Canada to promote, coordinate, and monitor the fight against drugs in sports. The agency's key ...
(WADA).


Athletic career

Bańka's biggest achievement as an athlete was the bronze medal in the
4 × 400 metres relay The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, th ...
at the 2007 World Championships although he only competed in the heats. He also won several relay medals at lower level competitions. He retired from professional sport in 2012 having failed to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.


Personal bests

Outdoor *200 metres – 21.83 (+1.5 m/s, Bielsko-Biała 2006) *400 metres – 46.11 (Osaka 2007) Indoor *400 metres – 48.87 (Spała 2009)


Competition record

1He was not selected for the final where the Polish team finished third but also received a bronze medal.


Political career

In 2018 he became a candidate for the chair of the
World Anti-Doping Agency The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA; french: Agence mondiale antidopage, AMA) is a foundation initiated by the International Olympic Committee based in Canada to promote, coordinate, and monitor the fight against drugs in sports. The agency's key ...
. Poland’s sport minister Witold Banka has been chosen as Europe’s candidate to become the next head of the World Anti-Doping Agency. In May 2019 Bańka was elected as WADA's fourth president, commencing his four-year term on 1 January 2020. WADA Foundation Board re-elects President Witold Bańka to 2025 year.


See also

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Sport in Poland Poland's sports include almost all sporting disciplines, in particular: football (the most popular sport), volleyball, motorcycle speedway, ski jumping, track and field, American football, handball, basketball, tennis, and combat sport. The firs ...
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Politics of Poland The Government of Poland takes the form of a unitary parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the President is the head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of government. However, its form of government has also been iden ...
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List of Poles This is a partial list of notable Polish or Polish-speaking or -writing people. People of partial Polish heritage have their respective ancestries credited. Science Physics * Czesław Białobrzeski * Andrzej Buras * Georges Charpa ...


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All-Athletics profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Banka, Witold 1984 births Living people Polish male sprinters People from Tychy Sportspeople from Silesian Voivodeship Polish sportsperson-politicians Government ministers of Poland Law and Justice politicians World Anti-Doping Agency members Universiade gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for Poland Universiade silver medalists for Poland Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade Universiade silver medalists in athletics (track and field)