Legia Warsaw (sports club)
| Nickname | Wojskowi ("Militarians"), Legioniści ("Legionnaires", "Legionarries") |
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| Founded | March 1916 as Drużyna Sportowa Legia |
| Home ground | Stadion Wojska Polskiego, 3 Łazienkowska Street, Warsaw |
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Legia Warszawa (Polish: [ˈlɛɡʲja varˈʂava]), known in English as Legia Warsaw, is a Polish multi-sports club based in Warsaw, Poland.
Legia was formed between 5 and 15 March 1916 during military operations in World War I on the Eastern Front in the neighborhood of Maniewicze in Volhynia, as the main football club of the Polish Legions. The team had started its first training earlier in the spring of 1915, in the city of Piotrków Trybunalski. In July 1916, due to the Brusilov Offensive, Legia permanently moved to the capital city of Warsaw.
The "Legia" has several teams in many sports, the most famous of which are: the football club and its reserve team; the ice hockey club; the basketball club and the volleyball club.
Other sections include: RC Legia Warszawa rugby union club, futsal,[1] horse riding, gymnastics, judo, athletics, weightlifting, cycling, tennis, wrestling, waterpolo, squash, swimming, fencing, amputee football, badminton and windsurfing.[2]
There used to be (but now defunct) table tennis and speedway sections. The speedway section was created in late 1929, officially celebrating its anniversary on 8 December.[3] In 1957, Legia celebrated their first Polish champion in Marian Kaiser, before winning the bronze medal in 1959,[4] which was their last season because they merged with LPŻ Neptun Gdańsk but remained in Gdańsk.
Zofia Klepacka is part of the windsurfing section of the club.[5] As a 14-year old, Iga Świątek represented the tennis section of the club.[6][7]
In 2019, the Legia section in amputee football was created.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Główna". Legia Warszawa - Sekcja Futsal.
- ^ "Boks, Jeździectwo, Kolarstwo, Podnoszenie cieżąrów, Gimnastyka, Kick-boxing, Tenis, Strzelectwo, Szermierka, Zapasy - Legionisci.com - Legia Warszawa". legionisci.com.
- ^ "The beginnings of the motorcycle Legion". Legia Warsawa. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1959". Speedway History. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ Media, Wirtualna Polska (March 20, 2020). "Tokio 2020. Żeglarstwo. Zofia Klepacka i Piotr Myszka z oficjalną nominacją olimpijską - WP SportoweFakty". sportowefakty.wp.pl.
- ^ Ciastoń, Jakub (26 August 2015). "Najmłodsza, najlepsza, Iga! 14-latka z Raszyna ograła na kortach Legii starsze od siebie tenisistki" [The youngest, the best, Iga! The 14-year-old from Raszyn outplayed the older tennis players on the Legia courts]. Sport.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ Petruczenko, Maciej (18 July 2018). "Kobiecy wdzięk i męski serwis" [Feminine charm and masculine service]. Passa (in Polish). Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Legia Warszawa otwiera sekcję amp futbolu. "Zaczynamy współpracę, by wskoczyć na profesjonalny poziom"". Gol24. February 28, 2019.