The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Sport

 

The sports complex in Konstantynów Street represents the central focus for KUL sport. We offer facilities and services to both the student population and members from the local community.

 

The sports complex consists of:
• Show hall of 1730 m2 area
• gym of 113 m2 area with 20 exercise stands
• fitness room of 113 m2 area
• table tennis room of 86 m2 area
• martial arts room of 130 m2 area

 

 

 

The Centre for Physical Education and Sports of The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin organize obligatory physical education classes for the University students. The Centre for Physical Education and Sports started its existence in 1952. The lack of university sports halls initiated the construction of the Academic Sports Centre of KUL at Rogóźno Lake. This was the dreamt place of summer rest for students and sports people of the University Club AZS KUL. Unfortunately, the University  financial crisis was the cause of the liquidation of summer camps of physical education as well as of the suspension of mandatory physical education classes. It was  the plans to construct the University’s own sports hall at Poczekajka that led University authorities to  restore the obligatory physical education classes for full time students of the 1st year at all faculties.

At present, apart from didactic classes in the Centre, there are numerous sections in the following sports disciplines: sports aerobic, badminton, athletics, sports bridge, ergometer, judo, mountain cycling,  basketball, skiing, snowboard, football, hand ball, swimming, volleyball, chess, taekwondo, table tennis, tennis, power-lifting, climbing.

The best sections place themselves at top positions in the Polish University Championships, Academic Championships of Poland, and some of them even participate in international competitions.  An example of this is the section of power-lifting, under which Student Daniel Grabowski received a golden medal of the European Junior Championships under 23 as well as Women and Men’s under 23  World Championships in Power-Lifting held in 2008. Similar successes have been achieved by men’s tennis team. They finished the European Academic Championships on the 4th position. What is more, two students of tennis section took part in the 1st BEACH TENNIS Polish Championships, winning the silver medal.

The Centre for Physical Education and Sports also organizes a lot of sports events, some of which are the following:
• Participation in the 5 Lublin Festival of Science with four projects: “ Sporty Family: exercising is healthy”, “Competition is a beautiful matter: sports and fun are what counts here”, “Bend your body: rhythm… music… dance:, “Physical Education in the style of fitness”;
• The organization of sports events within Kulturalia Student Days, during which students compete in such disciplines as: women’s volleyball, women’s and men’s basketball,  women’s and men’s handball, Strong Men Competition or Fitness Marathon;
• Organization of an athletic meeting of 1st-year Students of all Lublin Universities, during which students compete in various sports disciplines.

In the sports complex of KUL there are cyclical  finals of Senior Men’s Polish Indoor Football Championships of the Deaf, organized by the Board of “Spartan” Lublin Deaf Sports Club, member of the Polish Deaf Sports Federation.

The Centre for Physical Education and Sports is an excellently equipped sports base. Modern and fully professional equipment of the highest quality, attested with national and international certificates, shows the care for safety, comfort and general satisfaction of the persons using it.