Famous People with Name Wlodzimierz

Wlodzimierz Michal Chomicki            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Wlodzimierz Michal Chomicki: was a scorer of the first officially registered soccer goal in Poland.The historic goal was scored on July 14, 1894 in Lwow, during the Second Meeting of Polish Falcons. On that day, numerous sports tournaments took place, among them there was a soccer game between the teams from Lwow and Krakow. Chomicki, who was 16 at the time, netted the ball in the 6th minute, soon afterwards referee Zygmunt Wyrobek from Krakow finished the game, as gymnastics competition was planned on the same pitch.

Wlodzimierz Ciolek            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Wlodzimierz Ciolek: a retired Polish football player.He played for clubs such as Górnik Walbrzych and Stal Mielec. In season 1983/84 he was a topscorer of Polish League, playing for Górnik Walbrzych.He played for Polish national team, for which he played 29 matches and scored 4 goals.Ciolek was a participant at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the third place. He scored the goal against Peru.

Wlodzimierz Mazur            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Wlodzimierz Mazur: a former Polish football player.He played mostly for Zaglebie Sosnowiec.He played for the Polish national team (23 matches/3 goals) and was a participant at the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

Wlodzimierz Puchalski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Wlodzimierz Puchalski: was a Polish photographer and film director.He began his photographic career while in the Cadet Corps and during his college studies, initially photographing waterfowl in the fish ponds at Zólkiew (Zhovkva) from hideouts made of grass, and later carnivorous birds in Sokal. He also immortalized hunting scenes of the Polish nobility.

Wlodzimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Wlodzimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer: was a Polish painter with works in collections of the Warsaw National Museum and Kraków.Tetmajer studied painting at the Kraków School of Fine Arts (Szkola Sztuk Pieknych w Krakowie) from 1875 to 1886, than in Viena and Munich (1886-1889), in Paris at the Académie Colarossi, and with Jan Matejko from 1889 to 1895.In 1890 he maried Anna Mikolajczykówna, a peasant’s daughter from Bronowice in the spirit of the Young Poland's return to the roots. His village wedding became the inspiration for the dramatist Stanislaw Wyspianski who wrote defining Polish independence drama called "Wesele" (The Wedding). Tetmajer settled with his wife in a remote house covered with thatch, where he was visited by poet Lucjan Rydel among others.