WARSAW – On 27 November ,2013 members of the AZS met the President of the Republic of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski. In his speech the President emphasised the importance of mass sport, which is often a very first step to a professional career. “I am confident, that every sports enthusiast, as well as those, who manage sport, know very well that the basis of professional sport is youth sport. That is why I would like to thank this organisation. It is worth to promote and support amateur sport.”
The President also presented certified Polish national flags to the AZS’ athletes and officials. President Komorowski remembered hammer thrower Pawel Fajdek, world champion and Universiade medallist and his date of birth. “On 4 June 2014 we will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first free elections in Poland since World War II. It will be a moment to summarize our achievements since then. I have already checked, that Mr. Pawel Fajdek was born exactly on the very same day”, said Komorowski.
President Bronislaw Komorowski
Marek Rocki, AZS President, was very grateful for the President’s invitation. “I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for your interest in academic sport. I am satisfied that you have appreciated our efforts for Polish student sport, since more than 100 years.” Later Rocki emphasised the assistance AZS receives from governmental institutions. “Thanks to the Ministry of Sport and Tourism of the Republic of Poland and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education we can realize our programmes: not only by taking part in academic sport competitions across the globe, by also on the campus of universities.”
List of the AZS’ members, who have received Polish national flags from the President of the Republic of Poland:
Urszula Bhebhe (Olsztyn) – hurdler of AZS AWF Warszawa
Czesław Cybulski (Poznan) – the creator of Polish school in hammer throw
Pawel Fajdek (Szczecin) – hammer thrower, World Champion, 2x winner of Universiade
Aleksander Fangor (Katowice) – member of main board of the AZS
Michal Kadziola and Jakub Szalankiewicz (Rzeszow) – beach volleyball players, 2x winners of Universiade
Kinga Kolosinska (Lublin) – volleyball player of AZS UMCS Lublin, medallist of Universiade
Pawel Korzeniowski (Warsaw) – swimmer of AZS AWF Warszawa, 5x medallist of Universiade, the winner and multi-medallist of World and European Championships
Jerzy Kowalski (Bydgoszcz) – rower, Universiade medallist
Piotr Kurkiewicz (Lodz) – judoka of AZS Lodz, Universiade medallist
Piotr Mikolajek (Gdansk) – gymnastic coach, AZS AWFiS Gdansk
Kamila Stepaniuk (Bialystok) – high jumper, Universiade champion
Andrzej Szewinski (Czestochowa) – Senator, member of main board of the AZS, Universiade medallist
Weronika Wedler (Wroclaw) – runner of AZS AWF Wroclaw, Universiade medallist
Konrad Welpa (Krakow) – principal of Office of Sport at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, member of main board of the AZS
Tomasz Wrobel (Opole) – member of main board of the AZS
Marek Zachara (Gorzow Wielkopolski) – canoe coach at AZS AWF
Gorzow Wielkopolski, coach of many OG-medallists
(Source: AZS)