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Kowalczyk
Kowalczyk is the fifth most common surname in Poland (98,739 people in 2009). Ministry of Interior (Poland). Statystyka najpopularniejszych nazwisk występujących w Polsce in 2009'' (The most popular surnames in Poland in 2009). The name comes from the word " blacksmith". Notable people The surname may refer to: * Adam Kowalczyk (born 1975), American musician, brother of Ed Kowalczyk * August Kowalczyk (1921–2012), Polish actor * Bartosz Kowalczyk, Polish handball player * Bogdan Kowalczyk (born 1946), Polish handball player * Ed Kowalczyk (born 1971), American rock singer, brother of Adam Kowalczyk * Henryk Kowalczyk (born 1956), Polish politician * Ignace Kowalczyk (born 1913), German-French footballer * Jacek Kowalczyk (born 1981), Polish footballer * Jan Kowalczyk (1941–2020), Polish show jumping champion * Jarosław Kowalczyk (born 1989), Polish cyclist * Józef Kowalczyk Józef Kowalczyk (; born 28 August 1938) is a Polish Roman Catholic prelate, canon lawyer and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justyna Kowalczyk
Justyna Maria Kowalczyk-Tekieli (born 19 January 1983) is a Polish cross-country skier who has been competing since 2000. Kowalczyk is a double Olympic Champion and a double World Champion. She is also the only skier to win the Tour de Ski four times in a row and one of two female skiers (the other being Finn Marjo Matikainen) to win the FIS Cross-Country World Cup three times in a row. Kowalczyk holds the all-time record for wins in the Tour de Ski with 14, and had 29 podiums in total. She also won the Vasaloppet women's edition in 2015. She is a member of cross country ski department of AZS AWF Katowice and is coached by Aleksander Wierietielny. Career Raised in the mountainous Goral village of Kasina Wielka, Southern Poland, Kowalczyk took up cross country skiing at the age of 10. She then competed in her first FIS World Cup race at Cogne (ITA) in December 2001. In 2002 she came second in the individual sprint at the World Junior Championships. She finished 31st in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Józef Kowalczyk
Józef Kowalczyk (; born 28 August 1938) is a Polish Roman Catholic prelate, canon lawyer and diplomat who, from 1989 to 2010, served as the first apostolic nuncio to Poland since World War II. He later served as archbishop of Gniezno and primate of Poland until his retirement in 2014. Education and early career Kowalczyk was born on 28 August 1938 in the village of Jadowniki Mokre near Tarnów. In 1956 he began to study at the Seminary of Olsztyn, a successor institution of the Collegium Hosianum. He was ordained priest by auxiliary bishop Józef Drzazga on 14 January 1962 and nominated vicar at the parish of the Holy Trinity in Kwidzyn shortly thereafter. In October 1963, he began his training in canon law at the Catholic University of Lublin and moved to Rome to continue his studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in February 1965. He earned his doctorate in canon law in 1968 and a diploma of advocate of the Roman Rota in 1971. He also received a diploma of archivist of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Kowalczyk
Edward Joel Kowalczyk (; born July 16, 1971)"Edward Kowalczyk IMDb entry" '' IMDb''"Happy birthday, Ed Kowalczyk!" '' MTV.com'' is an American singer, songwriter, musician and a founding member of the band . After leaving Live in 2009, he launched a solo career. His first album, '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wojciech Kowalczyk
Wojciech Kowalczyk (born 14 April 1972) is a Polish retired Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker, currently working as a football expert. The bulk of his professional career was spent with Legia Warsaw and in Spain. Early into his international career, he helped the Poland national football team, Polish national team win Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics, the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Club career Born in Warsaw, Kowalczyk played his youth football with local Olimpia and Polonez, joining country giants Legia Warsaw in 1990 at the age of 18. Almost from the very beginning, he was an automatic first-choice; in his weakest 1990–91 Ekstraklasa, season, his first, he only appeared in 11 Ekstraklasa games, but was crucial in helping oust U.C. Sampdoria in 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup, the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup by scoring twice in Genoa for the 2–2 draw and qualification for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamil Kowalczyk
Kamil Kowalczyk (born 11 February 1976) is a former Polish footballer who played as a midfielder. Biography It is known that Kowalczyk started his career with Olimpia Poznań, playing with the team in the I liga during the 1994–95 season. He made 12 appearances for in total for Polonia in the top division. The following season Polonia Poznań and Lechia Gdańsk were involved in a merger, creating the Olimpia-Lechia Gdańsk team. For the 1995–96 season Kowalczyk made appearances for both the Olimpia-Lechia team, which played in the I liga, and the Lechia Gdańsk II team, which was essentially the continuation of the Lechia team before the merger, and which played in the III liga. He made his Olimpia-Lechia debut on 4 October 1995 in a 3–0 defeat to Zagłębie Lubin, going on to make 9 appearances for Polonia-Lechia that season During this season he also made 5 appearances and scored 2 goals for the Lechia II team in the III liga. After the season the Olimpia-Lechia team was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Kowalczyk
Walter Joseph Kowalczyk (April 17, 1935 – November 7, 2018) was an American football defensive back and fullback in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys. He also played in the American Football League for the Oakland Raiders. He played college football at Michigan State University. Early years Kowalczyk attended Westfield High School, where he earned four letters in football and baseball, three in basketball and two in track. In football and baseball he was named to the All-state team twice. He won the state 100-yard dash title twice. As a senior, he received the Harry Agganis Award as the best high school athlete in New England. He accepted a scholarship from Michigan State University, where he became a three-year starter at right halfback. As a sophomore, he was given the nickname "The Sprinting Blacksmith", after his efforts helped his team defeat UCLA in the 1956 Rose Bowl. He recorded 584 yards and 6 touchdowns in the season. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Kowalczyk
Adam E. Kowalczyk (born September 27, 1975) is an American musician. He is the brother of Ed Kowalczyk, lead singer of the band Live. Biography Kowalczyk was born in York, Pennsylvania to a family of Polish descent. He began learning the guitar at age 12. While studying in the Radio, Television and Film program at Philadelphia's Temple University, he started writing songs and performing with his first band, Portion. Portion recorded two extended plays and opened for Live and other bands. In 1999, Adam began playing as the touring rhythm guitarist for Live, a position which he held for 10 years. He appeared as a guest musician on the Live albums ''The Distance to Here'' and '' V'' and was featured in the band's only concert DVD release, '' Live at the Paradiso – Amsterdam''. During his time with Live, Kowalczyk relocated to Los Angeles and formed the band Adam & the Weight, which released the album ''Looking Up from the Ground'' in 2003. By 2005, he was living in Lancaster, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kowalczyk Brothers
Ryszard Kowalczyk (20 February 1937 – 17 October 2017) and his younger brother Jerzy Kowalczyk (born 1942) were Polish brothers who planted a bomb as a protest against communist rule in Poland. The Kowalczyk brothers were scientists at Opole University. They planted a bomb there on 6 October 1971 as a protest against the violence perpetrated by the communist authorities against the workers' protest. A big celebration for the Służba Bezpieczeństwa and Milicja Obywatelska was to take place at the university in the morning of the following day. The explosion destroyed the big university hall where the celebrations were to take place. Although no-one was injured, a wide investigation was launched and the Kowalczyks were quickly arrested. On 8 September 1972 the court in Opole sentenced Jerzy to death and Ryszard as his helper to 25 years in prison. The sentence was confirmed by the Supreme Court on 18 December 1972. Such severe sentences resulted in protests from Jan Józef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marek Kowalczyk
Marek Kowalczyk (born 28 June 1961) is a former Polish footballer. Born in Kolobrzeg, Kowalczyk started his footballing career with Wisła Tczew, rising through the youth teams before playing for the first team. He is mostly known for his spell with Lechia Gdańsk with whom he won the Polish Cup, the Polish SuperCup, and became Lechia's first ever goalscorer in a European competition scoring against Juventus F.C. Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ..., all three achieved in 1983. In total Kowalczyk spent 5 seasons with Lechia, winning promotion from the third tier to the top tier during his short spell. He played a total of 116 games and scored 20 goals in all competitions. Honours Lechia Gdańsk *Polish Cup **Winners: 1983 *Polish SuperCup **Winners: 1983 *II liga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcin Kowalczyk
Marcin Kowalczyk (born 9 April 1985 in Wieruszów) is a Polish professional footballer who most recently played as a defender for GKS Tychy. Career Club In early 2006 Kowalczyk joined GKS Bełchatów, where he played for two years. On 26 February 2008 he signed with Dynamo Moscow. In March 2011, he was loaned to Metalurh Donetsk. In August 2011, he joined Zagłębie Lubin on a one-year contract. 26.08.2011, onet.pl International He made his first appearance for the Polish national team in a friendly against |
Sebastian Kowalczyk
Sebastian Kowalczyk (born 22 August 1998) is a Polish professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ... who plays as a midfielder for Pogoń Szczecin. International career He received his first call up to the senior Poland squad in March 2021 and was on the bench for the match against England. Career statistics References External links * 1998 births Living people Polish footballers Association football midfielders Pogoń Szczecin players Ekstraklasa players III liga players Poland youth international footballers Poland under-21 international footballers Sportspeople from Szczecin {{poland-footy-midfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Kowalczyk
August Marian Kowalczyk (15 August 1921 – 29 July 2012) was a Polish actor, theatre, television and film director who was the last survivor of a breakout of prisoners from Auschwitz Concentration Camp on 10 June 1942. Born in Tarnawa Góra, he was arrested on 4 December 1940 whilst trying to cross the border with Czechoslovakia to join the Polish Army in France and was then sent to Auschwitz where he laboured for I.G.Farben. After escaping from the camp with 9 other prisoners (13 died and 20 were recaptured), he hid in the forest and was sheltered in the attic of a house for 7 weeks in the village of Bojszowy. He then travelled under false documents to Silesia and Kraków, before becoming a soldier in the Armia Krajowa, which was the main resistance movement in Poland. On 9 November 1945 he made his debut as a stage actor in Kraków, performing with the Polish Theatre from Warsaw. He died of cancer, at age 90, on 29 July 2012 in Oświęcim Oświęcim (; german: Auschwi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
