to participate in many different sports for all ages and sexes. Many of these traditional clubs still survive today. Originally they were owned directly by a public body, but now they are independently operated by clubs or private companies. However they get public support through the cheap rent of land and other subsidies from the city. Some of their sections have gone professional and separated from the clubs as private companies. For example, Budowlani S.A is a private company that owns the only professional rugby team in Łódź, while Klub Sportowy Budowlani remains a community amateur club. Budowlani Łódź – rugby (six times Polish champions), hockey, wrestling, volleyball ŁKS Łódź – association football (two times Polish champions), basketball (Polish champions 1953), volleyball (two times Polish champions), handball, boxing SMS Łódź – association football, volleyball, basketball KS Społem Łódź – road and track cycling SKS Start Łódź – football, swimming Widzew Łódź – association football (four time Polish champions, semi-finalists of the 1982–83 European Cup) Orzeł Łódź - motorcycle speedway team In Ekstraklasa of Polish beach soccer Łódź have three professional clubs: Grembach, KP and . Horticultural Expo 2029 Łódź bid for the Specialized Expo 2022/2023 but lost out to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Łódź was planned to host the Horticultural Expo in 2024. However, multiple Expo events were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a Horticultural Expo in Doha, Qatar from 2021/22 to 23/24 among them. As a result, the Horticultural Expo in Łódź has been rescheduled to 2029 to maintain a required time interval between them. Notable residents Daniel Amit (1938–2007), Israeli physicist Yehuda Ashlag (1885–1954), also known as the Baal Ha-Sulam, Rabbi Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969), composer Aleksander Bardini (1913–1995), theatre director and actor Andrzej Bartkowiak (born 1950), cameraman and film director Jurek Becker (1937–1997), writer Sylwester Bednarek (born 1989), high jumper Marek Belka (born 1952), politician, former Prime Minister, Finance Minister of Poland, member European Parliament Karolina Bielawska (born 1999), model and Miss World 2021 Kazimierz Brandys (1916–2000), writer Artur Brauner (1918–2019), film producer Edward Gustave Brisch (1901–1960), industrial coding and classification expert. He was the designer of the Brisch Classification, widely known and used in building and engineering. Jacob Bronowski (1908–1974), writer, mathematician, and Britain's leading academic TV figure of the 1970s. Sabina Citron (born 1928), Holocaust survivor, activist, and author Bat-Sheva Dagan (born 1925), Holocaust survivor, teacher, psychologist, author Karl Dedecius (1921–2016), translator Elizabeth Diller (born 1954),