Team Poland - Profile

Highlights:

@ PYEONGCHANG 2018
Poland competed in 11 sports: Alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, cross-country skiing, figure skating, luge, Nordic combined, short track speed skating, ski jumping, snowboarding, and speed skating - with a team of 61 athletes (36 men, 25 women).

It won one gold medal, by ski jumper Kamil Stoch in the men's large hill, who added a bronze in the team event.

PYEONGCHANG 2018 MEDALS
Ski Jumping: 2 (1-0-1)
Total: 2 (1-0-1)

PYEONGCHANG 2018 FLAGBEARERS
Opening Ceremony: Zbigniew Brodka (SSK)
Closing Ceremony: Mateusz Luty (BOB)

OLYMPIC GAMES HISTORY
Poland competed at the Olympic Games from 1924 through to 1980 and, after boycotting the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games, returned to the Olympic fold at Seoul 1988.

Poland is one of 12 nations to have competed at every edition of the Olympic Winter Games. Since its debut at Chamonix 1924, the NOC has won 22 medals (seven gold). Its best discipline has been ski jumping, in which it has won nine medals (four gold), led by Kamil Stoch and Adam Malysz, both with four medals, with Stoch winning three golds in 2014 and 2018. The top female Polish Winter Olympian is cross-country skier Justyna Kowalczyk, with five medals (two gold) from 2006, 2010, and 2014.

The NOC has won 320 Olympic medals, 79 of them gold. With four gold medals, the most successful Pole has been race walker Robert Korzeniowski, although track and field athlete Irena Szewinska-Kirszenstein has won more medals, with seven (including three golds).

MILESTONES

First Competitor, Female: Barbara Grocholska (14 February 1952) - 1952 - Alpine Skiing (Giant Slalom) - DSQ
First Competitor, Female: Teresa Kodelska (14 February 1952) - 1952 - Alpine Skiing (Giant Slalom) - 34th
First Competitor, Female: Maria Kowalska (14 February 1952) - 1952 - Alpine Skiing (Giant Slalom) - DSQ
First Competitor, Male: Leon Jucewicz (26 January 1924) - 1924 - Speed Skating (500m) - 17th

Youngest Competitor, Female: Zuzanna Szwed (14y-215d) - 1992 - Figure Skating (Singles) - 19th
Youngest Competitor, Male: Jakub Malczewski (17y-058d) - 1992 - Alpine Skiing (Super-G) - DNF

Oldest Competitor, Female: Magdalena Gwizdon (38y-202d) - 2018 - Biathlon (4x6km Relay) - 7th
Oldest Competitor, Male: Michal Antuszewicz (42y-137d) - 1952 - Ice Hockey - 6th

First Medallist, Female: Elwira Seroczynska (21 February 1960) - 1960 - Speed Skating (1500m) - Silver
First Medallist, Female: Helena Pilejczyk (21 February 1960) - 1960 - Speed Skating (1500m) - Bronze
First Medallist, Male: Franciszek Gasienica Gron (31 January 1956) - 1956 - Nordic Combined - Bronze

First Gold Medallist, Female: Justyna Kowalczyk (28 February 2010) - 2010 - Cross-Country Skiing (30km Classical) - Gold
First Gold Medallist, Male: Wojciech Fortuna (11 February 1972) - 1972 - Ski Jumping (Large Hill Individual) - Gold

Youngest Medallist, Female: Katarzyna Wozniak (20y-144d) - 2010 - Speed Skating (Team Pursuit (6 laps)) - Bronze
Youngest Medallist, Male: Wojciech Fortuna (19y-188d) - 1972 - Ski Jumping (Large Hill Individual) - Gold

Youngest Gold Medallist, Female: Justyna Kowalczyk (27y-039d) - 2010 - Cross-Country Skiing (30km Classical) - Gold
Youngest Gold Medallist, Male: Wojciech Fortuna (19y-188d) - 1972 - Ski Jumping (Large Hill Individual) - Gold

Oldest Medallist, Female: Katarzyna Wojcicka-Bachleda-Curus (34y-052d) - 2014 - Speed Skating (Team Pursuit (6 laps)) - Silver
Oldest Medallist, Male: Adam Malysz (32y-078d) - 2010 - Ski Jumping (Large Hill Individual) - Silver

Oldest Gold Medallist, Female: Justyna Kowalczyk (31y-024d) - 2014 - Cross-Country Skiing (10km Classical) - Gold
Oldest Gold Medallist, Male: Kamil Stoch (30y-268d) - 2018 - Ski Jumping (Large Hill Individual) - Gold

Most Medals, Female: Justyna Kowalczyk (5 | 2-1-2) - Cross-Country Skiing
Most Medals, Male: Kamil Stoch (4 | 3-0-1) - Ski Jumping
Most Medals, Male: Adam Malysz (4 | 0-3-1) - Ski Jumping

Most Gold Medals, Female: Justyna Kowalczyk (2) - Cross-Country Skiing
Most Gold Medals, Male: Kamil Stoch (3) - Ski Jumping

Additional Information:

http://www.olimpijski.pl/

Anthem Title: Mazurek Dabrowskiego (Poland Is Not Yet Lost)

Anthem Composer: Music: Unknown, Kazimierz Sikorski (arrangement), Lyrics: Jozef Wybicki

Anthem Inducted: 1927

Founding Date: 1918

IOC Recognition Date: 1919

Delegation President: Andrzej Krasnicki

Delegation Secretary General: Adam Krzesinski

IOC Members: Current:
Maja Wloszczowska (entry into IOC: 2021)

Former:
Stefan, Prince Lubomirski (1922-1924)
Kazimierz, Prince Lubomirski (1924-1930)
Ignacy Matuszewski (1928-1939)
Stanislaw Rouppert (1931-1945)
Jerzy Loth (1948-1961)
Wlodzimierz Reczek (1961-1996)
Irena Kirszenstein-Szewinska (1998-2018)

First OG/PG Appearance: 1924

Number OG/PG Appearances: 23

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