Ministry of Sport and Tourism of the Republic of Poland

Ministry of Sport and Tourism of the Republic
of Poland
Secretary of State
2008-12-16
Tomasz Półgrabski was born on 11 March 1973 in Ostrowiec
Świętokrzyski. He graduated from the Józef Piłsudski University of
Physical Education in Warsaw and completed coaching studies at
Eugeniusz Piasecki University School of Physical Education in
Poznań.
In 2008 he defended his doctoral thesis on psychology of sport, and
in 2011 he completed MBA studies - sports management at Gdańsk
University of Technology. Półgrabski started his professional career
in 1997 in the Office of Physical Culture and Sport (Urząd Kultury
Fizycznej i Sportu) and since then his professional career is related to this area. In 1998-2000
he acted as the Coordinator of the Olympic preparations programme, from 2001 to 2007 he
was the Secretary General of the Polish Tennis Association, in 2007-2012 he acted as the
Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Sport and Tourism.
So far, his professional experience covers, e.g.: implementation of the strategy in the area of
sport; Olympic preparations to the London 2012 Olympics; conduct of trainings for managers
and coaches; coordination of the government programme "My sports field – ORLIK 2012"
(Moje Boisko – Orlik 2012); moreover, he was responsible for the development of and
supervision over the sponsorship programme in tennis “PZT Prokom Team”; he participated
in the works of international experts team for the drawing up of good practices model for
NGOs; he also coordinated the Olympic Solidarity programme.
Interests: psychology, project management, organisation management, travel, tennis, skis,
diving.