ZARYS DZIEJÓW LUDOWYCH ZESPOŁÓW SPORTOWYCH W ZAGŁĘBIU DĄBROWSKIM (1945–1989)
OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF PEOPLE’S SPORTS TEAMS IN THE DĄBROWA BASIN (1945–1989)

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the study is to present the activities of People’s Sports Teams (PST) in the DąbrowaBasin in the years 1945-1989. The first PST links in the area discussed were created as early as in1946 (including Orzeł Bobrowniki, PST Myszków and PST Przemsza Siewierz). In the period dis-cussed the rural community of the Dąbrowa Basin took part in a lot of different sports initiatives,e.g. in rural strongman competitions, in chess tournaments for the “Golden Rook” or in rural sportfestivals. Among the PST clubs existing in the Dąbrowa Basin, the most active ones were theabove-mentioned PST Myszków, PST Będzin, PST Kłos Olkusz and PST Światowit Myszków. Themultiple prize-winning representative of PST Myszków in the period discussed was Bogusław For-nalczyk (cyclist). In 1960, he competed in the 17th Summer Olympics in Rome. It is worth men-tioning that in the following years (1961–1963) he also cycled in colours of PST Będzin. In turn, therepresentatives of PST Kłos Olkusz were most successful especially in sports acrobatics – includingBeata Borowiec, Alicja Lach, Witold Majka and Agata Ostrowska, and in athletics – includingGrażyna Kowina and Czesława Mentlewicz. For PST Światowit Myszków, which specialized inweightlifting, medals were won by, among others, Dariusz Osuch and Henryk Rok

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