(like Czarni Wałbrzych, Juventur Wałbrzych, Podgórze Wałbrzych, Gwarek Wałbrzych and one basketball club (KS Dark Dog plays in the Polish 3rd league). LKKS Górnik Wałbrzych is a cycling club Wałbrzych native Sebastian Janikowski is a placekicker in the NFL. ASZ PWSZ Walbrzych is a level 1 women's soccer team in Ekstraliga Media New Walbrzych Headlines Tygodnik Wałbrzyski www.walbrzych.info TV Zamkowa TV Walbrzych 30 minut – Gazeta która nie ma ceny ((Free) Newspaper – that does not have a price) Notable people Wolfgang Menzel (1798–1873), German poet, critic and literary historian Gerhard Menzel (1894–1966), German writer Abraham Robinson (1918–1974), German-Jewish-American mathematician Klaus Töpfer (born 1938), German politician (CDU), born 1938 in Waldenburg Christian Brückner (born 1943), German actor Marcel Reif (born 1949), German soccer journalist Urszula Włodarczyk (born 1965), Polish heptathlete Joanna Bator (born 1968), Polish Nike Award-winning novelist, journalist, feminist and academic Piotr Giro (born 1974), Polish-Swedish dancer and choreographer Leszek Lichota (born 1977), Polish actor Krzysztof Ignaczak (born 1978), Polish volleyball player Sebastian Janikowski (born 1978), former American football placekicker Adrian Mrowiec (born 1983), Polish footballer Bartosz Kurek (born 1988), Polish volleyball player and World Champion Twin towns – sister cities Wałbrzych is twinned with: Boryslav, Ukraine (2009) Cape Breton, Canada (2019) Dnipro, Ukraine (2001) Foggia, Italy (1998) Freiberg, Germany (1991) Gżira, Malta (2000) Hradec Králové, Czech Republic (1991) Jastarnia, Poland (1997) Vannes, France (2001) References Bibliography External links Wałbrzych official city website Wałbrzych information website Jewish Community in Wałbrzych on Virtual Shtetl Wałbrzych - Waldenburg, Borowieck (tylko w 1945) na portalu polska-org.pl Local news website (pol) Wałbrzych photo gallery and local news Cities and towns in Lower Silesian Voivodeship Wałbrzych County