Adam Michnik is a Polish historian, essayist, former dissident, public intellectual, as well as co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Polish newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza.
Iława is a town in northern Poland with 32,276 inhabitants (2010). It is the capital of Iława County in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.
James Spencer Courier is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. Courier won four major singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open, and was the youngest man to reach the singles finals of all four majors, at the age of 22 years and 11 months. He also won five Masters titles and was part of the victorious United States Davis Cup teams in 1992 and 1995. Since 2005 he has worked as a tennis commentator, notably for Nine, the host broadcaster of the Australian Open. He is also an analyst for Tennis Channel and Prime Video Sport.
Tygodnik Powszechny is a Polish Roman Catholic weekly magazine, published in Kraków, which focuses on social, cultural and political issues. It was established in 1945 under the auspices of Cardinal Adam Stefan Sapieha. Jerzy Turowicz was its editor-in-chief until his death in 1999. He was succeeded by Adam Boniecki, a priest.
Mary Carillo is an American sportscaster and former professional tennis player. She is an analyst for Tennis on NBC and a reporter for NBC Olympic broadcasts.
Arthur Worth "Bud" Collins Jr. was an American journalist and television sportscaster, best known for his tennis commentary. Collins was married to photographer Anita Ruthling Klaussen.
Halina Konopacka was a Polish athlete. She won the discus throw event at the 1928 Summer Olympics, defeating American silver medal winner Lillian Copeland, breaking her own world record, and becoming the first Polish Olympic champion. After retiring from athletics she became a writer and poet. She immigrated to the United States after World War II, and died there.
Nine's Wide World of Sports is a long running sports anthology brand on Australian television that airs on the Nine Network and streaming service Stan. All major sports, events and series covered by the network are broadcast under this brand, the flagship sports being rugby league, rugby union and Grand Slam tennis, the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics and the Paralympic Games, and spring horse racing. Previous sporting rights include the Australian rules football, Australian Cricket Team home season, autumn horse racing, swimming until 2008, and golf since 2018.
Przegląd Sportowy is the oldest and now the only Polish sports daily, founded in 1921 in Kraków. In 1926 it initiated an annual, popular plebiscite for the Polish Sportspersonality of the Year. Its current editor-in-chief is Paweł Wołosik.
The University of Warsaw is a public research university in Warsaw, Poland. Established on November 19, 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country, offering 37 different fields of study as well as 100 specializations in humanities, technical, and natural sciences.
Bohdan Tomaszewski was a Polish sports journalist, tennis player, sports commentator, and author of several sports books. Called a "legend of Polish sports journalism", he was a member of the Polish Writers Association, and, with his son Tomasz, worked for the television station Polsat Sport.
Artur Dariusz Orzech is a Polish journalist, musician, iranologist, radio and television presenter and music broadcaster.
Boris Markovich Borovsky was a Russian tennis player and sports journalist; Master of Sports of the USSR; and member of the Russian Union of Journalists.
Alexander Ivanovich Shmurnov is a Russian sports journalist, radio host, television commentator, who worked for the Russian Match TV channel until 2022. Former chief editor of a sports Internet portal Championat.com. Creator and author of the YouTube channel “Shmurnov Time”
Jacek Wojciech Żakowski is a Polish journalist and author. In 1989 he was head of the editorial division of Gazeta Wyborcza, 1989–1990 spokesman of the Citizens Parliamentary Club, in 1991–1992 president of the Polish Agency Informacyjna, journalist of the weekly Polityka. Since 1999 head of the Collegium Civitas Journalism Department in Warsaw.
Dariusz Karol Bachura, styling himself Karol Bachura is a Polish diplomat with the rank of Ambassador-at-large, specialist in the region of Southeastern Europe; an ambassador to Macedonia (2007–2011) and Albania (2016–2021).
Stopa is a Polish language surname, with the English meaning of "foot". Notable people with the surname include:
Karol is a Basque, Polish, Slovak, and Slovene masculine given name that is a form of Karl or Karolus. Notable people with the name include the following:
Tomasz Wojciech Smokowski is a Polish journalist and sports commentator.
Tomasz Wiktorowski is a Polish tennis coach and commentator.
