The Polish Sports Personality of the Year (Polish: Plebiscyt Przeglądu Sportowego na najlepszego polskiego sportowca roku) is chosen annually since 1926 by the readers of the newspaper Przegląd Sportowy, which makes it the second oldest such contest in the world.[1][2] The winner is the sportsperson, judged by a public vote, to have achieved the most in the previous year.
Polish Sports Personality of the Year
Przegląd Sportowy magazine logo
Awarded for
Best Polish sportsperson deemed to have achieved the most in the previous year
The first winner of the award was track and field athlete Wacław Kuchar. Between 1939 and 1947, the contest was not held due to the Second World War. Record holders are footballer Robert Lewandowski and swimmer Otylia Jędrzejczak with three titles each; track and field athletes Irena Szewińska and Stanisława Walasiewicz, as well as ski jumper Adam Małysz with four titles each; while cross country skier Justyna Kowalczyk is the current leader who holds five titles.[3] Fencer Jerzy Pawłowski holds the record number of eleven appearances among the top 10 athletes. As of 2024, the award has been given 59 times to male and 30 times to female athletes.
Apart from the main award, winners are announced in additional categories such as Super Champion Lifetime Achievement Award, Coach of the Year, Team of the Year, Sport Without Barriers Award for disabled athletes and Sporting Event of the Year.[4]
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^"Lewandowski bierze wszystko! Został najlepszym sportowcem Polski 2020 roku!" (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-01-10.
April 10, 2024
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The Polish Sports Personality of the Year Polish Plebiscyt Przegladu Sportowego na najlepszego polskiego sportowca roku is chosen annually since 1926 by the readers of the newspaper Przeglad Sportowy which makes it the second oldest such contest in the world 1 2 The winner is the sportsperson judged by a public vote to have achieved the most in the previous year Polish Sports Personality of the YearPrzeglad Sportowy magazine logoAwarded forBest Polish sportsperson deemed to have achieved the most in the previous yearCountryPolandPresented byPrzeglad SportowyFirst awarded1926Websitewww wbr przegladsportowy wbr plThe first winner of the award was track and field athlete Waclaw Kuchar Between 1939 and 1947 the contest was not held due to the Second World War Record holders are footballer Robert Lewandowski and swimmer Otylia Jedrzejczak with three titles each track and field athletes Irena Szewinska and Stanislawa Walasiewicz as well as ski jumper Adam Malysz with four titles each while cross country skier Justyna Kowalczyk is the current leader who holds five titles 3 Fencer Jerzy Pawlowski holds the record number of eleven appearances among the top 10 athletes As of 2024 the award has been given 59 times to male and 30 times to female athletes Apart from the main award winners are announced in additional categories such as Super Champion Lifetime Achievement Award Coach of the Year Team of the Year Sport Without Barriers Award for disabled athletes and Sporting Event of the Year 4 Contents 1 Polish Sports Personality of the Year 2 Most successful sportspeople 3 Winners by sport 4 See also 5 ReferencesPolish Sports Personality of the Year edit nbsp Justyna Kowalczyk a five time winner of the award holds the record number of winsPOLISH SPORTSPERSONALITY OF THE YEARYEAR ATHLETE SPORT1926 Waclaw Kuchar track and field football ice hockey1927 Halina Konopacka track and field1928 Halina Konopacka track and field1929 Stanislaw Petkiewicz track and field1930 Stanislawa Walasiewicz track and field1931 Janusz Kusocinski track and field1932 Stanislawa Walasiewicz track and field1933 Stanislawa Walasiewicz track and field1934 Stanislawa Walasiewicz track and field1935 Roger Verey rowing1936 Jadwiga Jedrzejowska tennis1937 Jadwiga Jedrzejowska tennis1938 Stanislaw Marusarz ski jumping1939 1947 not awarded due to World War II1948 Aleksy Antkiewicz boxing1949 Zdobyslaw Stawczyk track and field1950 Helena Rakoczy gymnastics1951 Zygmunt Chychla boxing1952 Zygmunt Chychla boxing1953 Leszek Drogosz boxing1954 Janusz Sidlo track and field1955 Janusz Sidlo track and field1956 Elzbieta Krzesinska track and field1957 Jerzy Pawlowski fencing1958 Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak track and field1959 Edmund Piatkowski track and field1960 Jozef Schmidt track and field1961 Ireneusz Palinski weightlifting1962 Teresa Cieply track and field1963 Ryszard Parulski fencing1964 Jozef Schmidt track and field1965 Irena Kirszenstein track and field1966 Irena Kirszenstein track and field1967 Sobieslaw Zasada auto racing1968 Jerzy Pawlowski fencing1969 Waldemar Baszanowski weightlifting1970 Teresa Sukniewicz track and field1971 Ryszard Szurkowski road cycling1972 Witold Woyda fencing1973 Ryszard Szurkowski road cycling1974 Irena Szewinska track and field1975 Zygmunt Smalcerz weightlifting1976 Irena Szewinska track and field1977 Janusz Pyciak Peciak pentathlon1978 Jozef Luszczek cross country skiing1979 Jan Jankiewicz road cycling1980 Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz track and field1981 Janusz Pyciak Peciak pentathlon1982 Zbigniew Boniek football soccer 1983 Zdzislaw Hoffmann track and field1984 Andrzej Grubba table tennis1985 Lech Piasecki road cycling1986 Andrzej Malina wrestling1987 Marek Lbik and Marek Dopierala canoeing1988 Waldemar Legien judo1989 Joachim Halupczok road cycling1990 Wanda Panfil track and field1991 Wanda Panfil track and field1992 Waldemar Legien judo1993 Rafal Kubacki judo1994 Andrzej Wronski wrestling1995 Pawel Nastula judo1996 Renata Mauer shooting1997 Pawel Nastula judo1998 Robert Korzeniowski track and field1999 Tomasz Gollob motorcycle speedway2000 Robert Korzeniowski track and field2001 Adam Malysz ski jumping2002 Adam Malysz ski jumping2003 Adam Malysz ski jumping2004 Otylia Jedrzejczak swimming2005 Otylia Jedrzejczak swimming2006 Otylia Jedrzejczak swimming2007 Adam Malysz ski jumping2008 Robert Kubica Formula 12009 Justyna Kowalczyk cross country skiing2010 Justyna Kowalczyk cross country skiing2011 Justyna Kowalczyk cross country skiing2012 Justyna Kowalczyk cross country skiing2013 Justyna Kowalczyk cross country skiing2014 Kamil Stoch ski jumping2015 Robert Lewandowski football soccer 2016 Anita Wlodarczyk track and field2017 Kamil Stoch ski jumping2018 Bartosz Kurek volleyball2019 Bartosz Zmarzlik motorcycle speedway2020 Robert Lewandowski football soccer 2021 Robert Lewandowski football soccer 2022 Iga Swiatek tennis2023 Iga Swiatek tennisMost successful sportspeople editPlace Name 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Combined1 Justyna Kowalczyk 5 0 0 52 Irena Szewinska 4 4 0 83 Stanislawa Walasiewicz 4 0 4 84 Robert Lewandowski 3 3 1 75 Adam Malysz 4 0 2 66 Otylia Jedrzejczak 3 2 1 67 Janusz Sidlo 2 4 1 78 Robert Korzeniowski 2 3 2 79 Kamil Stoch 2 2 1 510 Jozef Szmidt 2 2 0 4Winners by sport edit nbsp Irena Szewinska a four time winner of the award With 30 winners athletics is the most represented sport in the contest s history Sport First place s Athletics 30Ski jumping 7Cross country skiing 6Judo 5Cycling 5Football 5Boxing 4Fencing 4Tennis 4Swimming 3Weightlifting 3Modern pentathlon 2Wrestling 2Speedway 2Gymnastics 1Formula One 1Kayaking 1Rallying 1Shooting 1Rowing 1Table tennis 1Volleyball 1See also editPolish Footballer of the Year Sport in PolandReferences edit Lista nominowanych do tytulu Sportowca Roku w Plebiscycie Przegladu Sportowego Retrieved 1 November 2019 HISTORIA PLEBISCYTU NA NAJLEPSZEGO SPORTOWCA POLSKI Retrieved 1 November 2019 O PLEBISCYCIE PRZEGLADU SPORTOWEGO Retrieved 1 November 2019 Lewandowski bierze wszystko Zostal najlepszym sportowcem Polski 2020 roku in Polish Retrieved 2021 01 10 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Polish Sports Personality of the Year amp oldid 1195305966, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
