Famous Polish sportsmen.
Primary School No. 8 in Jelenia Góra, Poland Andrzej Gołota a professional boxer. He had wonderful amateur carrier as he won 111 fights. In 1988 he got the bronze medal at the Seul Olimpics. From 1992 he won 38 fights and lost only 4, 31 were knockouts and once he had quit in a fight with Mike Tyson (2000 year). Adam Małysz Polish ski jumper, he is regarded as one of the best ski jumpers in the history. His career started in 1995, when for two consecutive seasons; he was moderately successful in the Ski Jump World Cup. Adam Małysz won four World Cup titles 2001-2003 and 2007, two Olympic medals (silver and bronze from 2002 Salt Lake City) and five World Championship medals (4 gold and 1 silver). He also holds many hill records.
Robert Kubica first Polish racing driver to compete in Formula One. He started his career in carting in 1995. In 2001 he took part in the Italian Formula Renault 2000 and by 2003 was competing in Formula 3 Euro series. In 2005 he won the World Series by Renault, which brought him the popularity. He became the official 3rd/test driver for the BMW Sauber F1 Team in 2006 and moved ahead to be a regular driver beginning with the Hungarian GP in the late 2006. In June 2008 he achieved his maiden F1 victory in the unpredictable Canadian Grand Prix, becoming the 99th F1 racer to win a Grand Prix.
Otylia Jedrzejczak Polish swimmer. She is the current world & Olympic champion in the 200 metre butterfly. She took part in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, and three times broke the world record in the women's 200 m butterfly. On 13 December 2007, on her 24th birthday, Otylia broke the World Record for the 200 metre Women's butterfly with a time of 2:03.53
Justyna Kowalczyk Polish cross country skier who has been competing since 2000. She finished 2nd in the individual Sprint at the 2003 World Junior Championships. In 2008 in Canmore, Canada, Justyna Kowalczyk won the race for her second World Cup triumph. Recently at the 2009 world championships in Liberec, Kowalczyk won two gold medals, one in the women's pursuit, and another one in the 30 km mass start. She also secured a bronze medal in the 10 km classical event. Since 2001 she has won eighteen individual events at various distances of various levels.
Robert Korzeniowski is a former Polish race walker. He has won four gold medals at the Summer Olympics and has won three world championships. Korzeniowski is a three-peat winner of the 50 km walk at the Summer Olympics. He is also the former world record holder in the 50 kilometers race. He retired after the 2004 Games but is looking to become actively involved in various roles at the International Olympic Committee. For his sport achievements, he received the Order of Polonia Restituta.
Marcin Gortat Polish professional basketball player with the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 6 ft 11 in, 240-pound center is the son of boxer Janusz Gortat. He was a second-round draft choice of the Phoenix Suns in the 2005 NBA draft and was traded for future cash considerations to the Orlando Magic. In 2010, he was traded back to Phoenix. Agnieszka Radwańska Polish professional tennis player. Radwańska achieved a career-high singles ranking of world no. 2 in July 2012 and is currently ranked world no. 5 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), she has won thirteen career singles titles. She is the first Polish player in the Open Era to reach the singles final of a Grand Slam (the 2012 Wimbledon Championships), the first Pole to claim a WTA singles title and the winner of the longest three-set match played at the WTA Tour Championships.