Danuta Kordaczuk-Wagner (born 2 September 1939 – 10 April 1988) was a Polish volleyball player and head coach, a member of Poland women's national volleyball team in 1956–1970, a bronze medalist of the Olympic Games Tokyo 1964, a bronze medalist of the World Championship (1956, 1962) and medalist of the European Championship (silver in 1963, bronze in 1958).

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Danuta Kordaczuk
Personal information
Full name	Danuta Kordaczuk-Wagner
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1939-09-02)September 2, 1939 Warszawa, Poland
Died	April 10, 1988(1988-04-10) (aged 48) Warszawa, Poland
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Career
Teams Zryw Wrocław Impel Wrocław Legia Warszawa
National team
1956–1970  Poland (164)
Honours Women's volleyball Representing  Poland Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo World Championship 1956 France 1962 Soviet Union European Championship 1963 Romania 1958 Czechoslovakia
Last updated: 18 June 2015

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She was born in Warszawa, Poland on September 2, 1939 – on the second day after the outbreak of World War II in Poland. On October 15, 1963, she married Hubert Wagner, volleyball player and head coach of Polish men's national volleyball team, which he led to titles of World Champions 1974 and Olympic Champions 1976. On December 13, 1965, she gave birth to their son Grzegorz, who was also volleyball player (also as setter like his parents).^[1] In 1978 she got divorced. She died on April 10, 1988, in Warszawa.