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Unia Tarnów (sports club)

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Unia Tarnów was a Polish multi-sports club, based in Tarnów, Poland, whose legacy is continued by several separate club still carrying the same name.

The club was stablished in 1928 as an football and athletics club, of which the former continues to play to this day. The club is best known for its motorcycle speedway team, founded in 1957, becoming independent in 2001.[1] Over time many section of the club have become independent entities in their own right but keeping the historical name; since the last re-organisation in 2010 all sections of the club have become independent with the exception of the football and athletics sections. By 2013 only the football club was left and therefore ceased de facto to exist as a multi-sports club. The football club did however create a futsal section in 2019.

Sections

Athletics

The athletics was one the founding sections of the club in 1928, dating its roots to before that.[2] In the inaugural year the country was represented by its athlete Zdzisław Nowak at the Olympics Games in Paris.[2] After restructing in 2010 it was only one two sections (the other was football) left in the club. The section was sold to a state school in 2013.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). The section was disbanded in 1976 due to cost-cutting,[3] although attempts to carry on the legacy of the club under different names as an independent club lasted until 1983.[3]

Futsal

Unia also has a futsal team administered by the football section of the club.[4] Founded in 2019, it is the youngest section of the club.[5]

Handball

Main article: Unia Tarnów (handball)

Between 1978-2010 the club was part of the parent sports club. It reverted to the "Unia" name in 2021 but remained a separate club.

Motorcycle speedway

Main article: Unia Tarnów (motorcycle speedway)

The motorcycle speedway section are the most successful section of the club, having been multiple time champions.

Swimming

The swimming section was active as an independent club since re-organisation of the parent club in 2010, but only lasted until 2012 before dropping the historic name.[6] Between 1969-1979 the section in total; broke 153 national records, won 236 nation championship medals, of which 101 were gold; and won 3 medals at the Universiade.[6]

References

  1. ^ Media, Wirtualna Polska. "Unia Tarnów - WP SportoweFakty". sportowefakty.wp.pl.
  2. ^ a b http://elitatarnowa.pl/klub/sekcje/lekkoatletyka/
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference fence was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ https://zksuniatarnow.pl/category/futsal/
  5. ^ http://elitatarnowa.pl/klub/sekcje/futsal/
  6. ^ a b http://elitatarnowa.pl/klub/sekcje/plywanie/
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