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Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education, Warsaw

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A historic building in Warsaw, designed for physical education in the 1930s.

The Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw (Polish: Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego Józefa Piłsudskiego w Warszawie, lit. 'Józef Piłsudski Academy of Physical Education in Warsaw') is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. It focuses on teaching and research about physical education and sports.

The Institute in 1934

The university was founded in 1929 as the Central Institute for Physical Exercise. It was later named after the important Polish leader Józef Piłsudski. During a difficult time called the communist period, from 1947 to 1990, the school was renamed after another person, Karol Świerczewski.

Today, the university is led by a person named Bartosz Molik, who was chosen to be the leader in 2020. Part of the university is also located in a place called Biała Podlaska.

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A student in a sports outfit uses a special mask to measure breathing during exercise at a physical education institute in Warsaw.
The Belweder Palace in Warsaw, an important historical building in Poland.

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