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| Full name | Klub Sportowy Warszawianka | ||
| Founded | 21 January 1921; 104 years ago (1921-01-21) | ||
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Klub Sportowy Warszawianka is a Polish multi-sport club fromWarsaw. It has several sections, includinghandball,track and field,fencing andtennis, and in the past it had several more, including afootball team which competed in thePolish top division.
Their colors are black-white, and the logo consists of a black capital letter W.
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It was founded in 1921 by the famous Warsaw families of Luxemburgs and Loths (the Loths were also co-creators ofPolonia Warsaw). At first, the club's main efforts concentrated onfootball. Soon Warszawianka's players achieved many successes, including the championship of Warsaw in 1925 and promotion to thePolish top division in 1927. The team stayed in the League until its last interwarseason 1939. The last season was unfinished because of the jointGerman andSovietinvasion of Poland. Warszawianka was then 9th (out of 10 teams) and most probably would have been relegated, had it not been for the war. In the years 1927-1939 Warszawianka was never among top teams of the League, always flirting with relegation. After the war, its football team never managed to return to the top league, and was eventually disbanded in 1971.
The handball team was founded in 1926, and, unlike the football team, it exists to this day and it achieved success in later years. It won thePolish Handball Cup twice: in 1994 and 2002. It also reached the podium in thePolish top division, finishing second in 1994 and 2002, and third in 1993 and 1999, only behind Polish handball powerhousesIskra Kielce andWisła Płock. As of 2022–23, it competes in the I liga.[1]
During the years, more sport sections were added to the club. These includedbasketball,ice hockey, where the club was runner up in the Polish championship in 1939 andcycling. Sections fortrack and field,fencing,handball, and, since 1999,swimming are still active. The biggest successes in the club's history were those of track-and-fielders. Because of war and the destruction of Warsaw, Warszawianka's position as a major Polish sports organization weakened, and in the late 1940s it did not even exist. At the beginning of the 1950s the club was brought back to life and in 1961 its new sport center was built. The club's football stadium, modern by pre-war standards, is now in ruin.
Among Warszawianka's most famous sportspeople, one can single out:Aleksander Szenajch (athletics) – 1924 Olympics inParis,Janusz Kusociński (athletics) – 1932 Olympics inLos Angeles (atrack and field event is held annually in his honor),Janusz Kalbarczyk (speedskating) – 1936 OlympicsGarmisch-Partenkirchen,Emil Ochra (fencing) – 1960 and 1964 Olympics; andStanisław Baran, a football player.
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