{"id":35137,"date":"2020-10-22T08:51:11","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T06:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olimpijski.pl\/?page_id=35137"},"modified":"2020-12-14T14:58:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T13:58:21","slug":"the-100th-anniversary-of-the-polish-olympic-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/olimpijski.pl\/en\/pkol\/about-us\/the-100th-anniversary-of-the-polish-olympic-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"The 100th anniversary of the Polish Olympic Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 100th<\/strong><\/strong>
anniversary of the<\/strong><\/strong>
Polish Olympic Committee
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In 2019, the Polish Olympic Committee (POC) celebrated its centennial. Exhibitions, meetings with Olympians, and sports tournaments were held throughout the country to mark the occasion. These events were organized under the honorary patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The highlight of the celebration was the Centennial Gala at the Grand Theatre-National Opera in Warsaw on October 26, 2019. The celebration attracted 1,700 people from all over the world – Olympians, Olympic medalists, athletes, coaches, and sports activists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Andrzej Duda was the Guest of Honor. Also seated in the Stand of Honor were the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Dr. Thomas Bach, the Head of the European Olympic Committees (EOC), the late Dr. Janez Kocijan\u010di\u010d, and the Minister of Sport and Tourism, Mr. Witold Ba\u0144ka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Numerous foreign guests were present in the audience, including delegations from the other 49 European National Olympic Committees that attended the General Assembly of European National Olympic Committees held in Warsaw, figures from the cultural, scientific and business communities, POC sponsors, representatives of local government bodies and local organizations associated with the Olympic Movement, friends of the Polish Olympic Committee, and journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

POC Centennial medals were presented to President Duda, Dr.  Bach, Dr. Kocijan\u010di\u010d, and Minister Ba\u0144ka during the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anita W\u0142odarczyk<\/strong> \u2013 Our outstanding hammer thrower, was awarded her gold medal from the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London by IOC President Dr Thomas Bach. Anita was award the gold medal retroactively due to the disqualification of her rival for using a prohibited substance.  She was visibly moved as the Grand Theatre Orchestra and Chorus performed the “Mazurka D\u0105browskiego” and those in attendance gave her a standing ovation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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