{"id":6101,"date":"2015-09-02T22:11:14","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T22:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=6101"},"modified":"2015-09-10T21:49:38","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T21:49:38","slug":"popular-sports-in-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/popular-sports-in-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular sports in Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sport 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.\u00a0Numerous sports are popular in Poland . Soccer (pi\u0142ka no\u017cna<\/strong>) is the country’s most popular sport , with a rich history of global competitiveness . Track and field (lekkoatletyka<\/strong>) , basketball (koszyk\u00f3wka<\/strong>) , boxing (boks<\/strong>) , ski jumping (skoki narciarskie<\/strong>), fencing (szermierka<\/strong>) , handball (pi\u0142ka r\u0119czna<\/strong>), cycling (kolarstwo<\/strong>), ice hockey (hokej na lodzie<\/strong>), swimming (p\u0142ywactwo<\/strong>) , volleyball (siatk\u00f3wka<\/strong>) , winter sports (sporty zimowe<\/strong>), weightlifting (podnoszenie ci\u0119\u017car\u00f3w<\/strong>) and bodybuilding (kulturystyka<\/strong>) are notable other sports popular in Poland .<\/p>\n

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 (I happened to visit Poland during that time – lots of fun!).<\/p>\n

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 .<\/p>\n

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Here is useful sports vocabulary for you in Polish:<\/p>\n

alpine skiing – narciarstwo alpejskie<\/strong>
\narchery – \u0142ucznictwo<\/strong>
\nbadminton – badminton\/kometka<\/strong>
\nbasketball – koszyk\u00f3wka<\/strong>
\nbobsleigh – bobsleje<\/strong>
\nboxing – boks<\/strong>
\ncanoeing – kajakarstwo<\/strong>
\ncricket – krykiet<\/strong>
\ncross-country skiing – biegi narciarskie<\/strong>
\ncycling – kolarstwo<\/strong>
\ndiving – skoki do wody<\/strong>
\nequestrian – je\u017adziectwo<\/strong>
\nfencing – szermierka<\/strong>
\nfield hockey – hokej na trawie<\/strong>
\nfigure skating – \u0142y\u017cwiarstwo figurowe<\/strong>
\nfootball – pi\u0142ka no\u017cna<\/strong>
\nfreestyle skiing – narciarstwo dowolne<\/strong>
\ngolf – golf<\/strong>
\ngymnastics – gimnastyka<\/strong>
\nhandball – pi\u0142ka r\u0119czna<\/strong>
\nice hockey – hokej na lodzie<\/strong>
\njudo – d\u017cudo<\/strong>
\nluge – saneczkarstwo<\/strong>
\nmodern pentathlon – pi\u0119ciob\u00f3j nowoczesny<\/strong>
\nnordic combined – kombinacja norweska<\/strong>
\nrowing – wio\u015blarstwo<\/strong>
\nrugby – rugby<\/strong>
\nsailing – \u017ceglarstwo<\/strong>
\nshooting – strzelectwo<\/strong>
\nski jumping – skoki narciarskie<\/strong>
\nsynchronized swimming – p\u0142ywanie synchroniczne<\/strong>
\ntable tennis – tenis sto\u0142owy<\/strong>
\ntennis – tenis<\/strong>
\ntrack cycling – kolarstwo torowe<\/strong>
\nvolleyball – siatk\u00f3wka<\/strong>
\nwater polo – pi\u0142ka wodna<\/strong>
\nweightlifting – podnoszenie ci\u0119\u017car\u00f3w<\/strong>
\nwrestling – zapasy<\/strong><\/p>\n

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What is your favorite sport? Please let us know in comments below:) Let’s see which sport Polish blog readers like the most!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Sport 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.\u00a0Numerous sports are popular in Poland . Soccer (pi\u0142ka no\u017cna) is the country’s most popular sport , with a rich history of global competitiveness . Track and field (lekkoatletyka)…<\/p>\n

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