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Lech Strzałkowski

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Honorary Patron: Polish Union of English Thoroughbreds Breeders

Sponsor: The Polish Jockey Club

“A child and a wanderer” of Gen. Anders. An outstanding breeder of racehorses and sports horses. A rider and a horse expert. Since 1959, he worked at Ochaby Stud Farm and then at Stubno Stud Farm and Walewice Stud Farm. A participant of races in Warsaw, Sopot and Pardubice.

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Eng. LECH STRZAŁKOWSKI devoted all his life to work with horses.

He was born on 17 March 1923 in Kamień Koszyrski within the family of a teacher Antoni Strzałkowski and Jadwiga Wolska from home. He stayed with his family at Polesia until February 1940 when soviet authorities taken Strzałkowski’s family away to northern Kazakhstan. In 1941, they got through Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan and then, in 1942, together with Polish Army organized in USSR under Gen. Władysław Anders’s command, through Caspian Sea to Teheran in Iran. In 1943, Polish civil families were transported to India, to a camp for Polish refugees. Over there, Lech Strzałkowski stayed until 1947 (Karachi, Kalhapur). In June 1947, he returned to Poland, to Warsaw. In 1951, Lech Strzałkowski finished his education at the high school named after Adam Mickiewicz in Warsaw and passed his high school finals while obtaining General Certificate of Education. In the same year, he started studying at the Zootechnic Faculty of Main School of Farming in Warsaw where he graduated as a livestock specialist engineer on 25 March 1955.

Since 01 February 1955, after he received a work order (by medium of inspector Bolesław Orłoś), he started working at Państwowe Tory Wyścigów Konnych (Jockey Club) in Warsaw, then in Wrocław and again in Warsaw. He used to work there until 01 October 1959.

On 01 October 1959, he started working at National Studs as follows: Within 1959-1961 at Pruchna-Ochaby National Stud (French Anglo-Arabs), 1961-1963 Trzebienice-Udórz National Stud (horses of Little-Poland type), 1963-1969 Stubno National Stud (Furioso-Przedświt type), 1969-1980 Pruchna-Ochaby National Stud, 1980-1982 Walewice National Stud (Anglo-Arabs), 1982-2006 Stubno National Stud (English Thoroughbred) that was privatized on 29 April 2003.

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Author: Lesław Kukawski

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„Tworzył perły z odrzutów – wybitny hodowca Lech Strzałkowski skończył 17 marca 91 lat” [link] – Robert Zieliński

„Przepis na sukces” (2022) – Paweł Gocłowski

Wspomnienia z Sybiru – pan Lech Strzałkowski (2021)| FILM

Dzieci sowieckich deportacji (2020) | FILM

„Jubileusz 80-lecia toru” [link] (2019) – folbluty.org

„Pochwalnaja gramota” (2009) – Piotr Dzięciołowski

„Lech Strzałkowski” (2006) – Lesław Kukawski

„Derby i sezon jesienny 1997” (1998) – Jacek Łojek

Warszawa Derby 97 – MUSTAFA (1997) | FILM

Nagroda Iwna – 15.06.1997 – Mustafa | FILM

„Sezon wyścigowy 1994 (pełna krew angielska) cz. 2” (1995) – Jarosław Koch

„Sezon wyścigowy 1994 (pełna krew angielska) cz. 1” (1994) – Jarosław Koch

„Arabella” (1994) – Marek Szewczyk

„Ostatni rok starej epoki” (1994) – Małgorzata Caprari

Nagroda Derby – 3.07.1994 – Limak cz.2 | FILM

Nagroda Derby – 3.07.1994 – Limak cz.1 | FILM

Nagroda Derby – 4.07.1993 – Durand | FILM

„Polskie konie wierzchowe wyd.2” (1981) – Jerzy Chachuła i Wanda Bucholc-Ferenstein

„Przyjaciołom ekipa polska – Velká Pardubická” (1955-1958) – Lech Strzałkowski

„Archiwum Pełne Pamięci Polskie dzieci tułacze” [link] – Paweł Głuszek

Słownik Jeździecki i Hodowlany – Lesław Kukawski

Gallery:

  • Lech Strzałkowski’s scout book
  • Photo taken on August 28, 1960. Lech Strzałkowski with the stallion Comet b. 1953 (after Abu Afas, from Carmen). Hod. SK Nowy Dwór.
  • Polarstern (Astor-Polare / Waldjunker) b. 1930, bred by Trakehnen Hauptgestüt. Father of the famous Volt.
    The photo of Lech Strzałkowski was taken in SK Liski.
  • Racing in Sopot. From the left: Lech Strzałkowski, NN and Jan Kowalczyk.
  • Two legendary generations of horse breeders: Marek Trela – Arabians and Leszek Strzałkowski – English Thoroughbreds – during their hearty talk. Arabian Horse Show in Cracow in 2019.
  • Anna Bober, a manageress of Agencja Jeździecka A.A. Bober (a sponsor of PLPJ and PCBJ projects) during her talk to Leszek Strzałkowski.
  • Ms Anna Stefaniuk the main breeder at Janów Podlaski Stud Farm and Lech Strzałkowski, a breeder of the derby xx winners from Stubno Stud Farm.
  • From left: Artur Bober, Anna Bober, Barbara Orłoś and Lech Strzałkowski.
    Friends, former racing and show riders, patrons of BoberTeam projects.
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Wojciech Mickunas

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Honorary Patron: Polski Związek Jeździecki

Sponsor: Wydawnictwo Galaktyka

Guardians: Wojciech Mickunas’s immediate family

A rider. A participant of Olympic Games (Munich 1972 – groom Paweł Wierzbicki, Seoul 1988 – as a team coach – placed fourth), a multiple medallist of Championships of Poland, a triple participant of European Three Days’ Event Championships. A journalist and an excellent bard.

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He was born on 16 March 1947 in Sompolno near Koło as a son of Jan (a major, an esteemed trainer) and Janina Budziński. Ha was a graduate of First General Secondary School named after K. Marcinkowski in Poznań (1964) and the local Agricultural Academy (Zootechnic Faculty, 1968), and Academy of Physical Education (1978) as a Master of Science in physical education (professional qualification: sport); he was a competitor (178 cm, 70 kg) and Three Days’ Event specialist: Chyszów Stud Farm, near Tarnów (1960-1962), Equestrian Centre in Poznań 1962-1969), LZS Racot (1970-1973) and Legia (Stara Miłosna) (1973-1976). He made his debut (1961) at competition in Łąck on the mare Hersylia. Then, he moved together with his parents to the centre at Wola in Poznań wherein he developed his talent under his father’s leadership. Once, his father wrote that Wojciech was “brave, resistant and deft”.

The leading Polish rider (1965-1972) specializing in Three Days’ Event but starting in dressage, too. Champion of Poland in Three Days’ Event twice (1969, 1972); a runner-up twice: in dressage (1968) and in Three Days’ Event (1968); a quadruple II vice-champion of Poland: in Three Days’ Event (1965, 1970, 1971) and dressage (1969) on: Zawrat, Dżemila (4 medals), Giecz and Armator. He started unsuccessfully at European Championships (1967, 1969, 1973) on Dżemila, Dźwięk and Dariusz.

Upon termination of his career as a competitor, he started working as an equestrian trainer and populariser, among others at LKS Hubertus in Biały Bór (1976-1977), Lumal Three Days’ Event Section in Zielona Góra (with its seat in Drzonków) 1978-1983, and also, he was a trainer of Polish Three Days’ Event Team that was placed fourth at Olympic Games in Seoul (1988). Stanisław Jasiński (from Stara Miłosna) is Mickunas’s pupil. A Sport Champion. He is married (Zofia) and has two daughters: Barbara (1971) and Bogna (1972).

Author: olimpijski.pl

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Wojciech Mickunas – Some Broken Hearts Never Mend – Półfinał – The Voice Senior 3 (2022) | FILM

Wojciech Mickunas – In the Ghetto – Przesłuchania w ciemno – The Voice Senior 3 (2022) | FILM

Trener Wojciech Mickunas (2020) | FILM

Wojciech Mickunas, trener i olimpijczyk WKKW, w filmie Koń – jaki jest Fakty i mity (2020) | FILM

Wojciech Mickunas (2018) | FILM

Wojciech Mickunas w Tarze (2017) | FILM

Wojciech Mickunas – I’m Your Man (Leonard Cohen cover) (2017) | FILM

Wojciech Mickunas – Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash cover) (2017) | FILM

Wojciech Mickunas – Suzanne (Leonard Cohen cover) (2017) | FILM

Wojciech Mickunas i Gerd Heuschmann – wywiad dla portalu Hipologia.pl (2011) | FILM

„Trener radzi” (2006) – Wojciech Mickunas

„WKKW widziane z bocznej trybuny” (1987) – Wojciech Mickunas

„Darek Soroka nie żyje!” (1986) – Wojciech Mickunas

„36. Mistrzostwa Polski w WKKW i CCI Biały Bór” (1985) – Wojciech Mickunas

„Mistrzostwa Polski w WKKW i CCI, Jaroszówka 1984” (1984) – Wojciech Mickunas

„Polskie WKKW w drodze do Los Angeles, część II” (1984) – Wojciech Mickunas

„Polskie WKKW w drodze do Los Angeles” (1983) – Wojciech Mickunas

„Refleksje po Mistrzostwach Polski w WKKW, Sopot 1980” (1980) – Wojciech Mickunas

„Mistrzostwa Polski w WKKW” (1979) – Wojciech Mickunas

„Jeździeckie Mistrzostwa Polski WKKW w 1972 r.” (1973) – Jan Mossakowski

“WKKW na Olimpiadzie w Monachium” (1972) – Jerzy Grabowski

Wojciech Mickunas poleca PCBJ | FILM

Gallery:

  • Wojciech Mickunas as a Three Days’ Event Champion of Poland of 1972 on Armator.
  • Polish Olympic Team 1972. From left: Marek Małecki on Signor, Jan Kłym (reserve) on Plutokrat, Wojciech Mickunas on Tenor, Jan Skoczylas on Wandal. The photo from the archive of Polish Equestrian Association.
  • Wojciech Mickunas, Nadia Małecka and Marcin Komosa – Western City, Ścięgny.
  • Wojciech Mickunas and Asia Oleksiak at Kuźnik Stable.
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