Łukasz Czapla

SHOOTING

ŁUKASZ CZAPLA IS A POLISH SPORTS SHOOTER. HE IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ATHLETES IN THE HISTORY OF THE SPORT IN POLAND. HE SPECIALIZES IN SHOOTING AT MOVING TARGET. DURING HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER HE WAS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THREE CLUBS: WKS WAWEL KRAKÓW 1998 - 2002, KSS HEJNAŁ KRAKÓW 2002 - 2003, ZKS GWARDIA ZIELONA GÓRA 2003 - 2008 AND IN 2008 HE RETURNED TO WKS WAWEL KRAKÓW.

HE BECAME THREE-TIME WORLD CHAMPION: ZAGREB 2006, WORLD CHAMPION PILZNO 2008, WORLD CHAMPION AND VICE-CHAMPION STOCKHOLM 2012, TWO-TIME WORLD CHAMPION GRENADA 2014, FIVE-TIME EUROPEAN CHAMPION ZAGREB 2001, DEAUVILLE 2007, GRENADA 2007, MOSCOW 2014 AND WINTERTHUR 2008.

IN 2002 HE BECAME JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPION LAHTI 2002. AT THE EUROPE JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP IN ZAGREB IN 2001, IN A TEAM HE WON THE GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS.

THESE ARE JUST SOME OF HIS ACHIEVEMENTS. LIST OF HIS SPORTING SUCCESSES IS DEFINITELY GREATER AND WILL UNDOUBTEDLY EXPAND WITH MORE MEDALS.

IT IS WORTH ADDING THAT ŁUKASZ BECAME THE WORLD RECORD HOLDER: ZAGREB 2006: 391 POINTS - MOVING TARGET 10M MIX AND HE HAS BEEN A MULTIPLE POLISH RECORD HOLDER.

DUE TO HIS LOVE OF SPORTS HE IS EAGER TO HELP OTHERS. ON 1 AUGUST 2015, TOGETHER WITH HIS COLLEAGUES - KRZYSZTOF SIKORA, MATEUSZ CZYŻ AND MARCIN RUDNICKI HE MADE A BICYCLE RIDE FROM KRAKÓW TO PARIS IN 10 DAYS, IN A FRAMEWORK OF A CAMPAIGN AIMED TO HELP SICK CHILDREN. IN 2015 HE ESTABLISHED THE "RACE FOR HOPE" FOUNDATION.