AZS Zakopane

Akademicki Związek Sportowy Zakopane (also AZS AWF Kraków Zakopane ) is a Polish sports club that was founded in Zakopane in 1949 . The association has departments in the winter sports of ski jumping , alpine skiing , snowboarding , cross-country skiing , ice hockey , Nordic combined and speed skating . The sports club is regularly one of the best in the country and was able to call itself the best Polish ski club in the 2008/09 season. AZS is most successful in the disciplines of ski jumping and alpine skiing.

After the club Start Krokiew Zakopane (until 2003 SKS Start Zakopane ) dissolved in 2010, AZS took over all athletes.

Well-known athletes of the club

Over the years, the club has produced a number of successful athletes, including Olympic champions.

Ski jumping

• Janusz Fortecki (1932-2020)
• Roman Gąsienica-Sieczka (1934-2006)
• Józef Gąsienica-Bryjak (1937–2002)
• Kazimierz Długopolski (* 1950)
• Kamil Stoch (* 1987)
• Krzysztof Miętus (* 1991)
• Andrzej Zapotoczny (* 1991)
• Maciej Kot (* 1991)
• Grzegorz Miętus (* 1993)
• Andrzej Stękała (* 1995)
• Krzysztof Leja (* 1996)
• Joanna Szwab (* 1997)

Nordic combination

• Wojciech Marusarz (* 1993)

Alpine skiing

• Stefan Dziedzic (1927-2006)
• Maciej Gąsienica Ciaptak (* 1954)
• Michał Kłusak (* 1990)

Snowboarding

• Maciej Jodko (* 1982)
• Karolina Sztokfisz (* 1989)
• Weronika Biela (* 1991)
• Oskar Kwiatkowski (* 1996)

Speed ​​skating

• Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś (* 1980)
• Konrad Niedźwiedzki (* 1985)
• Sebastian Druszkiewicz (* 1986)
• Luiza Złotkowska (* 1986)

successes

Ski jumping

AZS Zakopane has been successful nine times in team jumping. The club achieved five championship titles in the summer.

Polish Championships (team jumping)
	2010 Szczyrk (summer)	Gold from the normal hill
	2011 Szczyrk	Bronze from the normal hill
	2012 Zakopane	Gold from the large hill
	2013 Wisła	Gold from the large hill
	2014 Wisła (summer)	Gold from the large hill
	2015 Zakopane	Gold from the large hill
	2015 Szczyrk (summer)	Gold from the normal hill
	2016 Wisła	Gold from the large hill
	2016 Wisła (summer)	Gold from the large hill
	2019 Szczyrk (Summer)	Gold from the normal hill

Web links

Commons : AZS Zakopane  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• AZS Zakopane Official Website (Polish)
• AZS Zakopane in the Olympedia.org database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ AZS AWF Kraków Zakopane najlepszym klubem w tym sezonie , on pzn.pl, from May 27, 2010. Accessed June 27, 2019 (Polish).
2. ↑ Ostatnie 5 lat należy do Wisły Ustronianki! , on pzn.pl, May 28, 2010. Retrieved June 27, 2019 (Polish).