Uniwersyteckie Muzeum Olimpizmu

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This document presents the following topics related to the Olympic Museum at the University of Szczecin (MO US):

– The Museum’s origin,

– A list of distinguished participants in the Summer Olympic or Paralympic Games who are graduates of the Szczecin Higher Pedagogical School and the University of Szczecin, as well as a list of Olympic participants,

– The Museum Council,

– A report on the ceremonial opening of the Olympic Museum at the University of Szczecin,

– A report on the meeting of the members of the West Pomeranian Olympic Council at the university museum,

– A gallery of photographs of selected sports exhibits gathered in the museum room.

The work also includes photographs of selected sports awards by the authors of this study, an annex, bibliography, a personal index, and summaries in English and German. The University Olympic Museum at the University of Szczecin (MO US) was officially established by the Rector’s Order No. 138/2022 of the University of Szczecin on September 29, 2022, and it is a dedicated research and educational institution within the university. The university museum is located in the Faculty of Physical Culture and Health at the University of Szczecin (40b Piastów Avenue, building 6, room 24–25). So far, the museum has honoured 32 graduates of WSP and US who were participants in the largest sports event of the quadrennium – the Olympic and Paralympic Games (the names are presented in chronological order of their participation in the Games, in case of the same year – alphabetical order applies): – 20 Olympians (Wojciech Matusiak – track and road cyclist, Jacek Rylski – rower, Henryk Wawrowski – football player, Dorota Brzozowska – swimmer, Ireneusz Omięcki – rower, Marek Gawkowski – rower, Marek Kolbowicz – rower, Danuta Piotrowska (Bartoszek) – track and field athlete, Witold Roman – volleyball player, Łukasz Chyła – track and field athlete, Przemysław Stańczyk – swimmer, Damian Zieliński – track cyclist, Przemysław Czerwiński – track and field athlete, Marcin Lewandowski – track and field athlete, Konrad Wasielewski – rower, Oskar Krupecki – swimmer, Małgorzata Wojtyra – track cyclist, Patryk Dobek – track and field athlete, Adam Nowicki – track and field athlete, Michał Rozmys – track and field athlete), – 4 Paralympians – Irena Pienio (Rusewicz) – swimmer, track and field athlete, Piotr Majka – rower, Anna Harkowska – road and track cyclist, Rafał Wilk – road cyclist (hand bike), – 6 coaches (Krzysztof Krupecki – coach of able-bodied and disabled rowers, Tomasz Kaźmierczak – coach of para-rowers, Witold Roman – manager of volleyball players, Tomasz Lewandowski – coach of track and field athletes, Grzegorz Musztafaga – coach of para-swimmers, Jacek Kostrzeba – coach of track and field athletes), – 2 physiotherapists (Rafał Antczak – physiotherapist for volleyball players, Beata Buryta – physiotherapist for para-rowers), – 1 sports judge (Joanna Uracz – women’s artistic gymnastics judge).

In total, there are 32 participants in the Summer Olympics and Paralympics, as Roman Witold is included twice – as an Olympian and a manager within the coaching team. On November 29, 2022, the official opening of the Olympic Museum at the University of Szczecin took place. A total of 19 out of 32 honoured graduates of WSP and US who were participants in the Olympics and Paralympics attended the opening ceremony of the university museum. Among them were twelve Olympians, two Paralympians, three coaches, one physiotherapist, and one sports judge. The Rector of the University of Szczecin, Waldemar Tarczyński, Professor (PhD) presented each of the attendees with a commemorative congratulatory letter. He congratulated all the Olympians and Paralympians on their sports achievements, which have written beautiful pages in the history of Polish sports. He also expressed gratitude for their contributions to the Olympic Museum at the University of Szczecin, where their exhibits and memorabilia will undoubtedly be an attraction for a wide audience of visitors, enthusiasts, and researchers of the history of physical culture in Poland. The athletes also received small gifts (university merchandise) from the Director of MO US, Jerzy Eider, Professor (PhD) at the University of Szczecin. The organizers presented a short promotional film titled The Olympic Museum in Szczecin to the invited guests. This film had its premiere during the 15th International Olympic Session for delegates of National Olympic Committees and National Olympic Academies in Olympia, Greece (July 2022). Adrianna Banio-Krajnik, PhD an employee of the INoKF WKFiZ US, representing the Polish Olympic Committee, outlined the history of the establishment of the Olympic Museum at the University of Szczecin during her presentation at the session. The ceremonial opening of the Olympic Museum at the University of Szczecin took place in the museum room. The symbolic ribbon-cutting with the US logo was performed by Waldemar Tarczyński, Professor (PhD) – the Rector of the University of Szczecin, Ryszard Stadniuk – Vice President of the Polish Olympic Committee, Stanisław Kopeć – President of the West Pomeranian Olympic Council, Jerzy Eider, Professor (PhD) at the University of Szczecin – Director of the Olympic Museum at the University of Szczecin. Subsequently, Jerzy Eider, Professor (PhD) at the University of Szczecin, guided the first visitors through the museum, providing insights into the collected exhibits The Olympic Museum at the University of Szczecin is the first university museum in Poland with a sports profile. Since January 2, 2023, MO US has become an institutional member of the Association of University Museums.