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18 unusual facts about Pruszków


2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's 500 m time trial

The Women's 500m Time Trial is one of the 9 women's events at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Pruszków, Poland.

2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit

The Women's Individual Pursuit was one of the 9 women's events at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Pruszków, Poland on 25 March 2009.

2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin

The Women's Keirin is one of the 9 women's events at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Pruszków, Poland.

2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium

The Women's Omnium was one of the 9 women's events at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Pruszków, Poland.

2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's points race

The Women's Points Race was one of the 9 women's events at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Pruszków, Poland

2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch

The Women's Scratch was one of the 8 women's events at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Pruszków, Poland.

2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint

The Women's Sprint was one of the 9 women's events at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Pruszków, Poland.

2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit

The Women's Team Pursuit was one of the 9 women's events at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Pruszków, Poland on 26 March.

2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint

The Women's Team Sprint is one of the 7 women's events at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Pruszków, Poland.

Adam Ptáčník

At the 2010 European Track Championships in Pruszków, Poland, Ptacnik overhauled the French duo François Pervis and Michael D'Almeida on the final stretch to grab the bronze medal in men's Keirin.

Angelo Ciccone

: 6th European Championships (Madison with Fabio Masotti), Pruszków (POL)

Daniel Kreutzfeldt

:Track Cycling World Championships, Pruszków, Poland

Fabio Masotti

: 6th European Championships (Madison with Angelo Ciccone), Pruszków (POL)

Pruszków

Due to its proximity to Warsaw, it is now home to several factories and companies, including Herbapol, Daewoo Electronics, L'Oréal Cosmetics as well as logistic centers.

Shanaze Reade

On 16 March 2009, Reade was selected in the British squad for the World Track Cycling Championships in Pruszków, Poland, where she once again competed alongside Victoria Pendleton in the Women's Sprint and Team Sprint events.

Stokes mortar

The Polish then produced a licensed copy as the wz.31 model (Polish: Moździerz piechoty 81 mm wz. 31) starting in 1935; 1,050 were made in Pruszków.

Svetlana Pauliukaitė

:5th Team pursuit, World championships, Pruszków

Tara Whitten

In March 2009, Whitten won the silver medal in the Omnium at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Pruszków, the first time the event was included in the championships.


Tworki

District of Pruszków, a town on the outskirts of Warsaw, Poland. Famous for the large psychiatric hospital, which opened in 1891 and is still operating to this day as a part of the Medical University of Warsaw.