Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Was an Italian Olympic fencer.

Was an Italian Olympic fencer.

Was a Polish Olympic fencer and athlete.

Was a Polish Olympic fencer and athlete.

Polish soccer player, right defender, represented both Cracovia Kraków and Polish National Team.His

Polish soccer player, right defender, represented both Cracovia Kraków and Polish National Team.His first team was Krowodrza Kraków, where Gedlek's career started in 1935. During World War II, participated in secret games in Kraków, as the Germans occupiers banned Poles from playing all sports. In 1945 he moved to Cracovia, where played until 1953, winning Championships of Poland in 1948.

Was a Polish Olympic fencer and military officer.

Was a Polish Olympic fencer and military officer.

Was a Polish footballer and coach. Engel began his career in football at an early age playing at loc

Was a Polish footballer and coach. Engel began his career in football at an early age playing at local club Junak Wloclawek, before moving to Polonia Warszawa (1975-76), Hutnik Warszawa (1976-77) and several other clubs.Engel, nicknamed "Jurek", began playing in midfield or attack before, at the age of 22, being cruelly forced to cut his career short because of injury. With spirits dampened only slightly, he immediately turned to coaching and took over at Polonia Warsaw in the 1976/1977 season.

Was a Polish footballer. Kawula played for Pradniczanka Kraków, Wisla Kraków, White Eagles Chicago

Was a Polish footballer. Kawula played for Pradniczanka Kraków, Wisla Kraków, White Eagles Chicago, Victoria Jaworzno and Kalwarianka Kalwaria over the course of his career. He died February 1, 2008 aged 70.[1]Kawula joined Wisla Kraków in 1951, at the young age of 20-years-old and went on to score 26 goals in 329 appearances, which is still a club record to date.

Is a Polish wrestler who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics, 1980 Summer Olympics and 1988 Summer

Is a Polish wrestler who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics, 1980 Summer Olympics and 1988 Summer Olympics.Silver medalist at the 1980 Summer Olympics in wrestling in 52 kg category (flyweight).

Was a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s. Competing in three Su

Was a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Munich in 1972.Szuszkiewicz's wife, the former Izabella Antonowicz, also competed as a sprint canoer during the 1960s and 1970s.

Was a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the 1960s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a b

Was a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the 1960s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Rome in 1960.Zielinski also won a gold in the K-2 500 m event at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague.

Was a Polish soldier and skier.Zytkowicz was member of the SN PTT-1907 Klub Sportowy Kemping Zakopan

Was a Polish soldier and skier.Zytkowicz was member of the SN PTT-1907 Klub Sportowy Kemping Zakopane, and primarily competed in the B-Class in 1923. As a soldier he took part at the military patrol demonstration events of the 1928 and 1936 Winter Olympics. The team of 1928 placed 7th and the team of 1936 placed 9th.He placed 3rd at the national masterships of ski jumping from 1927 to 1930 in a row[1] and participated in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1929. In 1931 he was national master Nordic combined.

Is a retired Brazilian basketball player.Marques is considered one of the best Brazilian basketball

Is a retired Brazilian basketball player.Marques is considered one of the best Brazilian basketball players of all time. Alongside fellow countrymen Amaury Pasos, Algodão and Rosa Branca, he led the best basketball generation Brazil ever had.

Is a Polish former volleyball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer

Is a Polish former volleyball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the Polish team which finished ninth in the Olympic tournament. He played four matches.Four years later he won the gold medal with the Polish team in the 1976 Olympic tournament. He played all six matches.

A retired Polish football player.He played for clubs such as Górnik Walbrzych and Stal Mielec. In s

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.

Is a Polish sport wrestler. He is a member of MZKS Orzel Wierzbica (1980–1987) and Legia Warszawa

Is a Polish sport wrestler. He is a member of MZKS Orzel Wierzbica (1980–1987) and Legia Warszawa (since 1987).He was a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta in the Men's Featherweight (57-62 kg) category. Medalist of wrestling world championships (silver: 1995, 2002; bronze: 1994, 1997), wrestling European championships (gold: 1991, 1995, 1999; bronze: 2001).

A former Polish football player.He played mostly for Zaglebie Sosnowiec.He played for the Polish nat

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.

Was a scorer of the first officially registered soccer goal in Poland.The historic goal was scored o

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.

Is a former volleyball player from Poland, who was a member of the Poland Men's National Team that w

Is a former volleyball player from Poland, who was a member of the Poland Men's National Team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.From 1987 to 1992, he was the head coach of Finland national team. Now he is coaching East Volley.

Is an Ivorian football player who last plays for R.O.C. de Charleroi-Marchienne in Belgium. He is a

Is an Ivorian football player who last plays for R.O.C. de Charleroi-Marchienne in Belgium. He is a midfielder.He began his career in the Academy from Jean-Marc Guillou (Académie de Sol Beni) and joined 2000 to ASEC Mimosas, the club from Abidjan transferred him one year later in July 2001 to Satellite club K.S.K. Beveren.

Is a former tennis player from Poland, who represented his native country as a qualifier at the 1988

Is a former tennis player from Poland, who represented his native country as a qualifier at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There he was defeated in the first round by fellow qualifier Tony Mmoh from Nigeria. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on July 25, 1988, when he became the number 109 of the world.He is married to Klaudia Kowalski and has two sons, Jonas and Moritz. Right now he is working as a tennis coach for TB Erlangen in his own tennis school Tennisschule Kowalski.

Was a boxer from Poland, who won a Light Heavyweight Bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Was a boxer from Poland, who won a Light Heavyweight Bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

A Polish footballer (striker) playing currently for Kmita Zabierzów.

A Polish footballer (striker) playing currently for Kmita Zabierzów.

Is a former Polish ski jumper who won the Olympic Gold Medal in the Large Hill at the 1972 Winter Ol

Is a former Polish ski jumper who won the Olympic Gold Medal in the Large Hill at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo.

Is a Polish slalom canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the K-1 event at

Is a Polish slalom canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the K-1 event at the 1973 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Muotathal.Gawronski also finished 23rd in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Is a Polish volleyball player. He is playing in volleyball club Mlekpol AZS Olsztyn and also in Pola

Is a Polish volleyball player. He is playing in volleyball club Mlekpol AZS Olsztyn and also in Poland national team, in which he debuted in 2003.

A Polish footballer (defender) who plays for Polish Orange Ekstraklasa side Widzew Lódz.

A Polish footballer (defender) who plays for Polish Orange Ekstraklasa side Widzew Lódz.