Editing Poland (section)

=== Sports ===
{{Main|Sport in Poland|Poland at the Olympics}}
[[File:National Stadium Warsaw aerial view 2.jpg|thumb|The [[Kazimierz Górski National Stadium]] in Warsaw, home of the [[Poland national football team|national football team]]]]
[[Motorcycle Speedway]], volleyball and association football are among the country's most popular sports, with a rich history of international competitions.<ref name="FIFA World Cup" /><ref name="FIFA Statistics" /> [[Track and field athletics|Track and field]], basketball, [[handball]], boxing, [[Mixed martial arts|MMA]], [[ski jumping]], [[cross-country skiing (sport)|cross-country skiing]], [[ice hockey]], tennis, fencing, swimming, and [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifting]] are other popular sports.
The golden era of [[football in Poland]] occurred throughout the 1970s and went on until the early 1980s when the [[Poland national football team|Polish national football team]] achieved their best results in any FIFA World Cup competitions finishing third place in [[1974 FIFA World Cup|the 1974]] and [[1982 FIFA World Cup|the 1982]] tournaments. The team won a gold medal [[Football at the Summer Olympics|in football]] at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] and two silver medals, [[1976 Summer Olympics|in 1976]] and [[1992 Summer Olympics|in 1992]]. In 2012, Poland co-hosted the [[UEFA Euro 2012|UEFA European Football Championship]].<ref name="warsaw-life" />

As of September 2024, the [[Poland men's national volleyball team|Polish men's national volleyball team]] is ranked [[FIVB World Rankings|as first]] in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FIVB Men's Volleyball World Ranking |url=https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/world-ranking/men |access-date=9 September 2024}}</ref> The team won a gold medal at the [[Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1976 Summer Olympics]] and the gold medal at the [[FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|FIVB World Championship]] [[1974 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|1974]], [[2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|2014]] and [[2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|2018]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship Poland 2014 |url=http://poland2014.fivb.org/en |access-date=1 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Finals |url=http://italy-bulgaria2018.fivb.com/en/results-and-ranking/round4 |access-date=13 October 2018}}</ref>
[[Mariusz Pudzianowski]] is a highly successful strongman competitor and has won more [[World's Strongest Man]] titles than any other competitor in the world, winning the event in 2008 for the fifth time.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Fedor |first1=Dariusz |url={{GBurl|id=c94sAQAAIAAJ|q=kubica%202008%20grand%20prix%20do%20polski}} |title=Polska, to tu się zaczęło |last2=Ramlau |first2=Łukasz |date=2009 |publisher=Agora |isbn=978-83-7552-707-0 |location=Poland |page=153 |language=pl}}</ref>

Poland has made a distinctive mark [[Speedway in Poland|in motorcycle speedway racing]]. The top [[Speedway Ekstraliga|Ekstraliga]] division has one of [[List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues#Outdoor sports|the highest average attendances]] for any sport in Poland. The [[Poland national speedway team|national speedway team of Poland]] is one of the major teams in international speedway. Individually, Poland has three [[Speedway Grand Prix]] World Champions, with the most successful being five-time World Champion [[Bartosz Zmarzlik]] who won back-to-back championships in 2019 and 2020 as well as 2022, 2023 and 2024. In 2021, Poland finished runners-up in the Speedway of Nations world championship final, held in [[Manchester]], England in 2021.<ref name="Speedway" />

In the 21st century, the country has seen a growth of popularity of tennis and produced a number of successful tennis players including World No. 1 [[Iga Świątek]], winner of five [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] singles titles; former World No. 2 [[Agnieszka Radwanska]], winner of 20 WTA career singles titles including [[2015 WTA Finals – Singles|2015 WTA Finals]]; Top 10 ATP player [[Hubert Hurkacz]]; former World No. 1 doubles player [[Łukasz Kubot]], winner of two Grand Slam doubles titles and [[Jan Zieliński]], winner of two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. Poland also won the [[2015 Hopman Cup]] with Agnieszka Radwańska and [[Jerzy Janowicz]] representing the country.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blanka Konopka |date=10 June 2022 |title=Tennis fever hits Poland as clubs across the country report surge in interest |url=https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/tennis-fever-hits-poland-as-clubs-across-the-country-report-surge-in-interest-30967 |access-date=24 April 2023 |website=thefirstnews.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 January 2015 |title=Poland wins Hopman Cup as Agnieszka Radwanska and Jerzy Janowicz combine to beat Serena Williams and John Isner in Perth |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-10/radwanska-shocks-williams-in-hopman-cup/6010634 |access-date=24 April 2023 |website=abc.net.au}}</ref>

Poles made significant achievements in mountaineering, in particular, in the [[Himalayas]] and the winter ascending of the [[eight-thousander]]s (e.g. [[Jerzy Kukuczka]], [[Krzysztof Wielicki]], [[Wanda Rutkiewicz]]). Polish mountains are one of the tourist attractions of the country. Hiking, climbing, skiing and mountain biking and attract numerous tourists every year from all over the world.<ref name="UNTWO 2008" /> Water sports are the most popular summer recreation activities, with ample locations for fishing, canoeing, kayaking, sailing and windsurfing especially in the northern regions of the country.<ref>[http://www.polandforvisitors.com/travel_poland/summer_sports Summer Sports in Poland] at Poland For Visitors Online. Retrieved 2 November 2014.</ref>
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