Polish Athletic Association

Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki

Sport	Athletics
Jurisdiction	Association
Abbreviation	PZLA
Founded	11 October 1919 (11 October 1919)
Affiliation	World Athletics
Affiliation date	1921 (1921)
Regional affiliation	EAA
Headquarters	Warsaw
President	Henryk Olszewski
Secretary	Piotr Długosielski
Official website
www.pzla.pl

The Polish Athletic Association (Polish: Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki – PZLA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Poland. Current president is Henryk Olszewski.

History

PZLA was founded in 1919 and was affiliated to the IAAF in 1921.^[1]

Former presidents:

• 1919–1921: Tadeusz Kuchar
• 1921–1926: Bronisław Kowalewski
• 1926–1930: Jerzy Misiński
• 1930–1939: Wacław Znajdowski
• 1945–1949: Walenty Foryś
• 1949–1965: Czesław Foryś
• 1965–1967: Michał Godlewski
• 1967: Henryk Krzemiński
• 1967–1969: Witold Gerutto
• 1969–1972: Andrzej Majkowski
• 1972–1973: Adam Zborowski
• 1973–1976: Piotr Nurowski
• 1976–1978: Stefan Milewski
• 1978–1980: Piotr Nurowski
• 1980–1984: Czesław Ząbecki
• 1984–1986: Leszek Wysłocki
• 1986–1988: Mieczysław Kolejwa (caretaker)
• 1988–1989: Jan Mulak (curator PZLA)
• 1989–1997: Czesław Ząbecki
• 1997–2009: Irena Szewińska
• 2009–2016: Jerzy Skucha
• 2016–...: Henryk Olszewski

Affiliations

PZLA is the national member federation for Poland in the following international organisations:

• World Athletics
• European Athletics (EA)

National records

PZLA maintains the Polish records in athletics.

Kit suppliers

Poland's kits are currently supplied by Polish sportswear company 4F.

References

External links

• (in Polish) Official website

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National members of World Athletics

Africa
(CAA)

Central (Congo) Burundi Cameroon Central African Rep. Chad Congo Congo DR Gabon Equatorial Guinea Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Eastern (Nile) Djibouti Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Northern (Sahara) Algeria Libya Morocco Tunisia [fr] Southern (Kalahari) Angola Botswana Comoros [fr] Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe Western (Niger) Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Côte d'Ivoire The Gambia [de] Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo

Asia
(AAA)

• Afghanistan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• Cambodia
• China
• Chinese Taipei
• Hong Kong
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran [fr]
• Iraq
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Lebanon
• Macau
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mongolia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• North Korea
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestine
• Philippine
• Qatar
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapore
• South Korea [fr; ko]
• Sri Lanka
• Syria
• Tajikistan
• Thailand
• Timor-Leste
• Turkmenistan
• United Arab Emirates
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Yemen

Europe
(EAA)

• Albania
• Andorra
• Armenia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Georgia
• Germany
• Gibraltar
• Greece
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Kosovo
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Malta
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• Netherlands
• North Macedonia
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russia^ǂ
• San Marino
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom

North America
(NACAC)

• Anguilla
• Antigua & Barbuda
• Aruba
• The Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belize
• Bermuda
• British Virgin Islands
• Canada
• Cayman Islands
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Curaçao^†
• Dominica
• Dominican Rep.
• El Salvador
• French Guyana^†
• Grenada
• Guadeloupe^†
• Guatemala
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Martinique^†
• Mexico
• Montserrat
• Nicaragua
• Puerto Rico
• Saint Kitts & Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent & The Grenadines
• Sint Maarten^†
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Turks & Caicos Islands
• United States
• U.S. Virgin Islands

Oceania
(OAA)

Eastern	American Samoa Cook Isl. Fiji French Polynesia [fr] New Zealand Norfolk Isl. Samoa Tonga Tuvalu New Caledonia [fr]† Niue† Wallis et Futuna†
Western	Australia Guam Kiribatiǂ Marshall Isl. F.S. Micronesia Northern Mariana Isl. Papua New Guinea Nauru Palau Solomon Isl. Vanuatu

South America
(CONSUDATLE)

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Suriname
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Sport of athletics portal • ^† NACAC and OAA associate member • ^ǂ Suspended by the decision of the World Athletics Council or OAA Council.