Sports participation in Poland is on the rise with a range of sports growing faster in Poland then some of the more traditional western European country's. Numerous sports are popular in Poland. Football ( soccer ) is the country's most popular sport, with a rich history of global competitiveness. Track and field, basketball, boxing, ski jumping, fencing, handball, cycling, ice hockey, swimming, volleyball, winter sports, weightlifting and Bodybuilding are notable other sports popular in Poland.
The golden era of football in Poland took place throughout the 1970s together with until the early 1980s, when the Polish national football team accomplished their best results in any FIFA World Cup competitions achieving third place in the 1974 and 1982 World Cups. The team won a gold medal in football at the 1972 Summer Olympics as well as winning 2 silver medals in 1976 and 1992. Poland, together with Ukraine hosted the UEFA European Football Championship in 2012. Polish football players are prominent in the Bundesliga as well as the premiership with 3 polish players Lucasz Piszczek, Jakub Blaszczykowski and Robert Lewandowski an integral part of German club Dortmund runner-up place in Europes champions league in 2013. Robert Lewandowski is one of the most sorts after strikers in Europe with him just agreeing with terms to join Europes leading club Bayern Munich for the 2014/2015 season.
The Polish men's national volleyball team is ranked 3rd worldwide and the women's volleyball team is ranked 13th. Mariusz Pudzianowski is an extremely successful strongman competitor and has won more World's Strongest Man titles than any other competitor on the planet, winning the event in 2008 for the 5th time. The first Polish Formula One driver, Robert Kubica, until recently was considered the most naturally gifted F1 driver and has brought awareness of Formula One Racing to Poland. Poland has developed a long, proud history in motorcycle speedway racing and in recent times Poland’s Tomasz Gollob has been a world-leading rider. The national speedway team of Poland is one of the major teams in international speedway and is very successful in numerous competitions. The Polish mountains are the perfect location for hiking, winter sports and mountain biking and attract millions of tourists each year from all over the world. Baltic beaches and resorts are popular locations for fishing, canoeing, kayaking and a broad range of other water-themed sports.
At the London Summer Olympics of 2012, Poland won 10 medals with 2 Golds in Mens shot put and Weightlifting. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia Poland won 6 medals with 4 gold medals, Poland was 11th overall in the medals table. Increasingly, sports such as road/track cycling, mountain biking, rugby, tennis, golf & rowing are becoming more popular.
The most popular sports in Poland:
1) Football (Soccer)
2) Basketball
3) Motor Sports
4) Gym/Fitness
6) Boxing
7) Tennis
8) Table Tennis
9) Cycling
10) Cue Sports
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