About Andrzej Kraśnicki
Lived 1949 – 2025 (aged 75). Andrzej Kraśnicki was a Polish handball player.
Andrzej Piotr Kraśnicki (31 January 1949 – 10 January 2025) was a Polish sports administrator. He was president of the Polish Handball Association from 2006 to 2021. From 2010 to 2023 he served as president of the Polish Olympic Committee.
Early life Kraśnicki was born in Nidzica, Poland on 31 January 1949.
Career Kraśnicki was president of the Polish Handball Association from 2006 to 2021. While he was president, the Polish team medaled three times in the IHF World Men's Handball Championships, in 2007, 2009, and 2015.
After Piotr Nurowski's death on 20 April 2010, he began serving as president of the Polish Olympic Committee. He became an honorary professor of Collegium Humanum – Warsaw Management University in 2020.
Awards Kraśnicki was a recipient of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2024).
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Who was Andrzej Kraśnicki?
Polish sportsperson
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Andrzej Kraśnicki was born on 31 January 1949 in Nidzica.
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Andrzej Kraśnicki died on 10 January 2025 in Warsaw.
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Andrzej Kraśnicki was a handball player.
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Andrzej Kraśnicki was Polish.
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