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Przemysław Korsak
Poland competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024, celebrating the centenary of the team's debut in the same venue. Polish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games from 1924 onwards, except for the 1984 Summer Olympics because of the Soviet boycott. The Polish national representation won a total of 10 medals (1 gold, 4 silver, 5 bronze) in 9 different sports and was ranked 42nd in the medal table, the lowest place in the country's history of participation in the Summer Olympics. 8 medals were won by female athletes while 2 medals were won by male athletes. The number of both gold was Poland's lowest since 1956, and total medals was lowest since 2004. Notable achievements of Polish athletes include tennis player Iga ÅšwiÄ…tek's bronze medal in the women's singles event, which made her the first Pole in history to win an Olympic medal in tennis. Julia Szeremeta, who won the silver medal in boxing, became the first Pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Olympic Committee
The Polish Olympic Committee (, official acronym PKOl) is the National Olympic Committee representing Poland. History The Polish Olympic Committee was established on 12 October 1919 and in 1919 was recognised by the International Olympic Committee. List of presidents Member federations The Polish National Federations are the organizations that coordinate all aspects of their individual sports. They are responsible for training, competition and development of their sports. There are currently 29 Olympic Summer and 8 Winter Sport Federations in Poland. See also * Sport in Poland * Poland at the Olympics * Polish Paralympic Committee External links * National Olympic Committees, Poland Poland at the Olympics 1918 establishments in Poland Sports governing bodies in Poland, Olympic Sports organizations established in 1918 {{Poland-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volleyball At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Tournament
150px The men's tournament in volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics was the 4th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Montreal, Canada from 18 to 30 July 1976. Qualification Pools composition Rosters Venues Preliminary round Pool A Pool B Final round 5th–8th places 5th–8th semifinals 7th place match 5th place match Final four Semifinals Bronze medal match Gold medal match Final standing Medalists References External linksFinal Standing (1964–2000) {{DEFAULTSORT:Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Men's tournament [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartłomiej Bołądź
Bartłomiej Bołądź (born 28 September 1994) is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for Projekt Warsaw. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics as an alternate player, replacing the injured Mateusz Bieniek and making his debut against the USA. Career After graduating from SMS PZPS Spała, he signed a three-year contract with Cerrad Czarni Radom. He spent four seasons playing for Czarni Radom, before moving to VfB Friedrichshafen in July 2017. On 10 August 2024, he won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Honours Club * CEV Challenge Cup The CEV Challenge Cup is the third tier official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition started in the 1980–81 season under the name CEV Cup. In 2007 it was renamed to CEV Challenge Cup. History * # ... ** 2023–24 – with Projekt Warsaw * Domestic ** 2017–18 German SuperCup, with VfB Friedrichshaf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mateusz Bieniek
Mateusz Bieniek (born 5 April 1994) is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie and the Poland national team. With Poland, Bieniek won the 2018 World Champion title and took part in 3 Olympic Games – Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, winning a silver medal at the latter. Career National team On 2 April 2015, he was called up to the Polish national team led by Stéphane Antiga. He debuted in the national team on 28 May 2015 in a match of the 2015 World League against Russia (3–0). He achieved 14 points and was named the ''Most Valuable Player'' of the match. On 30 September 2018, Poland achieved its third title of the World Champions. Poland beat Brazil in the final (3–0) and defended the title from 2014. On 10 August 2024, he won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Honours Club * FIVB Club World Championship ** Betim 2019 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova * Domestic ** 2016–17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canoeing At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's Slalom K-1
Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle. In some parts of Europe, canoeing refers to both canoeing and kayaking, with a canoe being called an 'open canoe' or Canadian (canoe), Canadian. A few of the recreational forms of canoeing are canoe camping and Canoe sprint, canoe racing. Other forms include a wide range of canoeing on lakes, rivers, oceans, ponds and streams. History of organized recreational canoeing Canoeing is an ancient mode of transportation. Modern recreational canoeing was established in the late 19th century. Among early promoters of canoeing as a sport was Carl Smith (canoeing), Carl Smith, who introduced canoeing to Sweden in the 1880s. In 1924, canoeing associations from Austria, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden founded the ''Internationalen Representation for Kanusport'', the forerunner of the International Canoe Federation (ICF). Canoeing became part of the Olympic Games in the Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canoeing At The 2024 Summer Olympics
Canoeing competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris ran across two main disciplines: canoe slalom, which took place from 27 July to 5 August, and canoe sprint, from 6 to 10 August. Both canoe slalom and sprint events were staged at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, Stade d'eau vive Vaires-sur-Marne, National Olympic Nautical Stadium of ÃŽle-de-France in Vaires-sur-Marne. Similar to the previous editions, the competition featured sixteen events with several significant changes to the program lineup. The men's C-2 and K-2 1000 metres were replaced with half of its distance, the men's C-2 and K-2 500 metres, to align with the women's side of the program. Paris 2024 also signified the debut of the men's and women's slalom kayak cross event, as part of the Olympic movement toward gender equality, substituting the men's and women's K-1 200-metre sprint races. Qualification The International Olympic Committee and the International Canoe Federation have released a new qual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaudia Zwolińska
Klaudia Zwolińska (born 18 December 1998) is a Polish slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2013. She won the silver medal in the K1 event in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Career Zwolińska competed at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in the Head-to-Head Sprint and Obstacle Slalom events, where she finished 17th and 7th, respectively. Zwolińska also won the K1 event at the 2015 and 2016 Junior European Championships and the 2016 Junior World Championships. Zwolińska won two bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, one in the K1 team event (2022), and one in the K1 event (2023). In May 2021, Zwolińska finished fourth in the European Canoe Slalom Championships held in the Italian town of Ivrea. In June, she became the first ever Polish woman to win a Canoe Slalom World Cup, winning the opening round of the 2021 season ahead of compatriot Natalia Pacierpnik in the K1 category in Prague. Until that event, a Polish woman had nev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport Climbing At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's Speed
The women's competition speed climbing event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 5 to 7 August 2024 at Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue in Paris. Qualification Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: Schedule All times are Central European Time ( UTC+02:00) Results Qualification Seeding Qualification Elimination Heats Knockout stage Final standing See also *Sport climbing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's speed The men's competition speed climbing event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 6 to 8 August 2024 at Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue in Paris. Qualification Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records w ... References {{Footer Olympic Champions Sport climbing speed women's Sport climbing at the 2024 Summer Olympics Women's events at the 2024 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport Climbing At The 2024 Summer Olympics
Competition climbing at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 5 to 10 August at Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue in Saint-Denis, returning to the program for the second time since the sport's official debut three years earlier in Tokyo 2020. The total number of medal events was doubled from two in the previous edition because the boulder-and-lead tandem had been separated from the speed format. Furthermore, the number of climbers increased from 40 to 68. Venue The climbing competition is taking place at the Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue in Le Bourget, in the Seine-Saint-Denis suburb of Paris. Along with the aquatic centre in Saint Denis, the climbing venue serves as one of the two sports facilities to be built specifically for the Games. Competition format Since the inclusion of competition climbing in the Olympics for the 2020 Summer Olympics, the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has advocated for three separate medal events: bouldering, lead, and speed; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrzej Duda
Andrzej Sebastian Duda (born 16 May 1972) is a Polish lawyer and politician who has served as the sixth president of Poland since 2015. Before becoming president, he served as a Member of the Sejm from 2011 to 2014 and before becoming Member of the European Parliament from 2014 until his resignation in 2015. Born in Kraków, Duda was the presidential candidate for the Law and Justice (Poland), Law and Justice party (PiS) during the 2015 Polish presidential election, presidential election in May 2015. In the first round of voting, he received 5,179,092 votes – 34.76% of valid votes, placing first but falling well short of the required absolute majority. In the second round of voting, he received 51.55% of the vote, beating the incumbent president Bronisław Komorowski, who received 48.45% of the vote. On 26 May 2015, Duda resigned his party membership as the president-elect. In October 2019, Duda received the official support of PiS ahead of his re-election campaign in 2020 Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bois De Boulogne
The Bois de Boulogne (, "Boulogne woodland") is a large public park that is the western half of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, near the suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt and Neuilly-sur-Seine. The land was ceded to the city of Paris by the Emperor Napoleon III to be turned into a public park in 1852. It is the second-largest park in Paris, slightly smaller than the Bois de Vincennes on the eastern side of the city. It covers an area of 845 hectares (2088 acres), which is about two and a half times the area of Central Park in New York, slightly larger than Phoenix Park in Dublin, and slightly smaller than Richmond Park in London. Within the boundaries of the Bois de Boulogne are an English landscape garden with several lakes and a cascade; two smaller botanical and landscape gardens, the Château de Bagatelle and the Pré-Catelan; a zoo and amusement park in the Jardin d'Acclimatation; GoodPlanet Foundation's Domaine de Longchamp dedicated to ecology and humanism, the J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wioletta Frankiewicz
Wioletta Frankiewicz (née Janowska) (born 9 June 1977 in Piotrków Trybunalski) is a Polish runner. She competes in the 1500 metres, but she competes also in the 3000 metre steeplechase event, as she did in the 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. She weighs 58 kilograms and is 1.77 metres tall. She won National Indoor Championships in 2003 (800 m). She also won the National outdoor championships in 2004 (5000 m) and in 2005 (1500 m). She won the bronze medal in the inaugural 3000 m steeplechase for women at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. Achievements Personal bests * 800 metres: 2:06.86 * 1000 metres: 2:36.97 * 1500 metres: 4:03.09 * 3000 metres: 8:44.22 * 5000 metres: 15:08.38 * 10000 metres: 32:16.27 * 15 kilometres: 51:29 * 3000 m steeplechase: 9:17.15 See also * Polish records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Poland maintained by its national athletics federation: Polski ZwiÄ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
