{"id":4366,"date":"2018-10-22T23:20:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T21:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whystory.pl\/en\/?p=4366"},"modified":"2018-10-22T23:20:57","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T21:20:57","slug":"promoter-of-the-idea-and-leader-of-sports-structures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whystory.pl\/en\/promoter-of-the-idea-and-leader-of-sports-structures\/","title":{"rendered":"PROMOTER OF THE IDEA AND LEADER OF SPORTS STRUCTURES"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrzej Kra\u015bnicki \u2013 the chairman of Polish Olympic Committee and Handball Union\u00a0<\/strong>in Poland. Sport was always important to him. First he was an athlete, then a Polish\u00a0<\/strong>representative in handball and afterwards a manager and leader. He is also effective\u00a0<\/strong>and experienced businessman. For his achievements, experiences, promotion\u00a0<\/strong>of Olympic values, passion for sport and also consequence, he was honored of the\u00a0<\/strong>Leader by vocation<\/em> title in Leader of XXI century category.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

LEADER IN SPORT<\/strong>
\n-True leader is born with adequate genes, should have easiness\u00a0<\/em>in making contacts with representatives of various fields and\u00a0<\/em>also should effectively cooperate with other people<\/em> \u2013 explains chairman. \u2013 For the big part of my life I was the boss and\u00a0<\/em>I learnt that consequence in realizing goals, even not the most\u00a0<\/em>important ones, holds big significance.<\/em><\/p>\n

Andrzej Kra\u015bnicki started his serious adventure with sport in high school, while being supervised by his PE teacher professor Stanislaw Siekierski, then by Czes\u0142aw Cybulski
\nin MKS Malta Club \u2013 and outstanding, specializing in hammer throw, athlete coach and tutor of many Olympic medalists. After coach Cybulski care he won Wielkopolska
\nVoivdeship championships in a few athlethic competitions. He represented Poland in youth category in competition in Cottbus in NRD. Afterwards, urged by colleagues, he
\njoined as a handball player in AZS Pozna\u0144 and began training in a sport discipline that is \"\"still close to his heart till now. In second half of 1960s, he represented Poland in juniors and youth categories. \u2013 Handball is a contact sport,\u00a0<\/em>but not brutal. Injuries happen just as much as in other disciplines.\u00a0<\/em>It\u2019s a team game in which you need to realize strategy\u00a0<\/em>made by coach. You can\u2019t be selfish in this sport and cooperate\u00a0<\/em>with teamplayers. And this rule is still very significant in my life\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 emphasizes Andrzej Kra\u015bnicki.<\/p>\n

He started studies in foreign trade in Pozna\u0144 University of Economic and Business \u2013 then named Wy\u017csza Szko\u0142a Handlowa – in which trips abroad were allowed for students. Hovewer, after a year Mr. Andrzej changed\u00a0school for University School of Physical Education (now Poznan University of Physical Education), which greatly affected his mother.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, his sport career was interrupted by serious injury. He finished studies and started to work as a lecturer. Later, many different opportunities for professional
\nimprovement showed up.<\/p>\n

LEADER IN MANAGEMENT<\/strong>
\nIn 1985-1990 years, Andrzej Krassnicki was the director of Culture and Sport Department in the Wielkopolska Voivodship Office. For his biggest achievement at that time he considers his contribution in contructing regatta track on Malta lake for World Championships in canoeing. Together with former president of Poznan \u2013 Andrzej Wituski \u2013 he managed the organizing committee of this event and also managed Provincial Comission of the POC.<\/p>\n

Afterwards, he took care of promoting international business in Poland. He started agribusiness company. Then, together with Dutch partner, he developed security and monitoring company. His firm produced systems for Police Command Centre, monitoring for intersections in Warsaw, sports facilities, institutions, industrials companies and
\na part of west border. He established also cable television in Silesia.<\/p>\n

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But his love for sport was bigger and in the end he came back to it. He was appreciated for his work in management in Posnania Club (water sports). The Club took second position in classification of children and youth sports and many contestants in Polish team in water sports was from Posnania. In 2002-2005 years he was Chairman of Polish Sport Confederation. Afterwards, in 2006, he took over the presidency of Handball Union in Poland and since then our handball players stood on the World Championships thrice. At Olympics in Beijing they were fifth podium, in Rio de Janerio fourth. In 2016 year he was organizer of European Championships in men handball in Poland and the event was great success. Regarding women handball, our players took fourth place on World Championships
\ntwice and vice-championship in the new variant of sand handball in European Championship in 2017. Andrzej Kra\u015bnicki is already in his second cadency being a member
\nof European Olympic Committee management and also works in one of the committee of International Olympic Committee. In 2005 he started Polish Association for Sport and Leisure Facilities. For 10 years he was a member of International Association for Sport and Leisure Facilities, now he is a honor member of the association.<\/p>\n

Andrzej Kra\u015bnicki since 2010 year is the chairman of Polish Olympic Committee, earlier working as vice-chairman. Polish Olympic Committee isn\u2019t supported financially by government budget and have to look for resources and partners. Sponsors of POC are \"\"usually recognized Polish companies, such as PKN Orlen, Lotto, Tauron, OTCF (with 4F brand) LuxMed, Polish Airlines LOT, Deloitte or Columna Medica.<\/p>\n

– Olympic movements depends on effective cooperation\u00a0<\/em>of sport enthusiasts<\/em> \u2013 explains the chairman. In Andrzej Kra\u015bnicki opinion, the most important tasks of Committee are: spreading Olympic values, education, cultural and popularizing of Olympic idea activities, publishing magazines, albums, books, preparing exhibitions. Big signifance holds organization of events for integration for example Olympic picnic and taking care of former Olympians.<\/p>\n

Coming months for POC are really intense. In 2019 Polish Olympic Committee will celebrate hundred years of its existence. \u2013 We\u2019re preparing program not only for Olympians\u00a0<\/em>but also for people who simply enjoy and love sports. It\u2019ll be\u00a0<\/em>a special day for everyone that respect Olympic ideas. In this\u00a0<\/em>jubilee year we want to remind people of our history, successes\u00a0<\/em>and also talk about future plans<\/em> \u2013 says Andrzej Kra\u015bnicki<\/p>\n

Media call Andrzej Kra\u015bnicki the pillar of Polish Olympism\u00a0<\/strong>or manager of the sport structures.<\/strong> He was honored with Knight\u2019s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2005) by former president Aleksander Kwa\u015bniewski and then by former president Bronis\u0142aw Komorowski with Commander\u2019s Cross (2015).<\/p>\n

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– I\u2019m in sport field for many years now. I went through all the\u00a0<\/em>steps in my career \u2013 from player, coach, chairman of the club,\u00a0<\/em>chairman of Polish Sport Confederation to being chairman of\u00a0<\/em>Handball Union in Poland and also Polish Olympic Committee.\u00a0<\/em>Sport is my passion. What advice I have for parents and\u00a0<\/em>youngsters? Leave computers, smartphones behind and start\u00a0<\/em>doing sports. Sport will shape you, help you in many different\u00a0<\/em>relations and also help in your own emotions.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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