Wybrzeże Gdańsk

Wybrzeże Gdańsk (Gdańsk Coast Club) is a Polish multi-sports club established in 1945, most known for the men's handball team which plays in the Superliga and the motorcycle speedway team who race in the First League (2nd Division).

Handball

Wybrzeże Gdańsk
Full name	Energa Wybrzeże Gdańsk
Founded	2010
Arena	Ergo Arena
Capacity	11,409
President	Serge Bosca
Head coach	Thomas Ørneborg
League	Superliga
2018–19	11th
Club colours
Website Official site

Domestic

• Superliga:
  • 1st: 1966, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2001
  • 2nd: 1956, 1959, 1960, 1967, 1968, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1990
  • 3rd: 1958, 1965, 1969

International

• EHF Champions League:
  • 2nd: 1986, 1987

Current squad

Squad for the 2019–20 season

Goalkeepers

• 01 Paweł Kiepulski
• 12 Artur Chmieliński
• 16 Przemysław Witkowski

Wingers

LW

• 09 Michał Frańczak
• 21 Piotr Papaj

RW

• 20 Wojciech Prymlewicz
• 24 Krzysztof Komarzewski

Line players

• 33 Paweł Salacz
• 35 Paweł Maliński
• 75 Kelian Janikowski

Back players

LB

• 07 Patryk Pieczonka
• 14 Michał Bednarek
• 29 Mateusz Wróbel
• 68 Ksawery Gajek

CB

• 06 Artur Sadowski
• 08 Krzysztof Gądek
• 17 Jacek Sulej

RB

• 05 Ramon Oliveira
• 44 Kamil Adamczyk
• 77 Damian Didyk

Transfers

Transfers for the 2020–21 season

Joining

Leaving

Speedway

Honours

Competitions	Total	Golden medals		Silver medals		Bronze medals
		Total	Years	Total	Years	Total	Years
Team (DMP) (since 1948)	6			4	1960, 1967, 1978, 1985	2	1965, 1997
Team U-21 (MDMP) (since 1978)	4	1	1983	2	1978, 1980	1	1984
Pairs (MPPK) (since 1974)	6	1	1985	2	1986, 2000	3	1984, 1987, 2004
Pairs U-21 (MMPPK) (1980 U-23; since 1983)	3	1	1989	2	1983, 2000
Individual (IMP) (since 1948)	10	3	1979, 1984, 1985	4	1960, 1961, 1981, 1983	3	1963, 1989, 1994
Individual U-21 (MIMP) (since 1967)	7	1	1980			6	1970, 1972, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989
Total Polish Championship medals: 36		Gold: 7		Silver: 14		Bronze: 15
Competitions	Total	I place		II place		III place
		Total	Years	Total	Years	Total	Years
European Club (KPE) (since 1998)	0
Team Cup (DPP) (?)	1	1	1989
Golden Helmet (ZK) (since 1961)	2	2	1962, 1978
Silver Helmet U-21 (SK) (since 1966)	2	2	1981, 1988
Bronze Helmet U-19 (BK) (1976-81; since 1983)	2	2	1981, 1988

Other Sections

The club had many other sections over the years, out of which only the speedway team survived throughout the club's history. The men's handball team has been revived in 2010.

Athletics

The athletics team competed between 1945-1971. The club's achievements were:

• 22 Senior Polish Championship Titles
• European Championships Vice-Champion: Władysław Nikiciuk - javelin, 1966 European Athletics Championships
• European Championships Bronze Medal: Władysław Komar - shot put, 1966 European Athletics Championships

Basketball

There was a men's section which existed between 1949-1995. The club made a brief re-appearance 2007-2009 before it folded once more. The club's honours include:

• 4x Polish Champions: 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978
• 3x Polish Cup Winners: 1976, 1978, 1979
• 3 Individual European Championship medals
  • Zbigniew Dregier
    • Silver: Wrocław 1963
    • Bronze: Moscow 1965, Helsinki 1967

Boxing

The section existed between 1945-1990. Their honours included:

• 21 Individual Polish Senior Championship titles
• 3 Olympic Medals
  • Silver: Aleksy Antkiewicz, Helsinki 1952
  • Bronze: Aleksy Antkiewicz, London 1948
  • Bronze: Hubert Skrzypczak, Mexico City 1968
• European Championships
  • 3 titles (Gold Medals)
    • Zenon Stefaniuk, 1953 & 1955
    • Hubert Skrzypczak, 1968
  • 3 Runners-up titles (Silver Medals)
    • Bogdan Węgrzyniak, 1953
    • Henryk Dampc, 1959
    • Hubert Skrzypczak, 1965
  • 1 Bronze Medal
    • Aleksy Antkiewicz (1953)

Gymnastics

The section only existed for 4 years between 1952-1956. Lidia Szczerbińska won a bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne whilst representing the club.

Judo

The section existed between 1958-2002. Club honours of the section are:

• 45 Individual Polish Championship Titles
• 11 Team Polish Championship titles
• 2 Olympic Medals
  • Silver: Janusz Pawłowski, Seoul 1988
  • Bronze: Janusz Pawłowski, Moscow 1980
• 4 World Judo Championship Bronze Medals
  • Antoni Reiter: 1973
  • Janusz Pawłowski: 1979, 1983, 1987
• 10 European Championship Medals
  • 1 Gold Medal
    • Antoni Reiter: 1975
  • 1 Silver Medal
    • Antoni Reiter: 1974
  • 8 Bronze Medals
    • Antoni Reiter: 1976
    • Jan Okrój: 1963
    • Kazimierz Jaremczak: 1965
    • Czesław Kur: 1968, 1969
    • Janusz Pawłowski: 1982, 1983, 1986

Other Sections

There were 5 other sections of the club, however they were very short-lived and without any major sporting success.

• Football (1945-1961)
• Volleyball (1945-1969)
• Cycling (1945-1955)
• Motorcycle club (1948-1955)
• Wrestling (1951-1955)

See also

• Speedway in Poland
• Gdańsk

External links

• LotosGdansk.pl - Official website (in Polish)