Grzegorz_Szymanski
Grzegorz Szymański
Polish volleyball player (born 1978)
Grzegorz Szymański (born 12 July 1978) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland men's national volleyball team in 1998 to 2007, silver medalist of the World Championship 2006.
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| Full name | Grzegorz Szymański | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Gelu | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Polish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1978-07-12) July 12, 1978 (age 45) Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Spike | 345 cm (136 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Block | 315 cm (124 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Opposite hitter | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||
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Szymański was born in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland. He is married to Magdalena. They have a daughter Oliwia and a son Arkadiusz.
Clubs
He began to play with Ostrovia Ostrowiec Swiętokrzyski, when he was 16. After that, he started playing in Sosnowiec. In 2000 he went to AZS Częstochowa, where he spent 5 years. With AZS he won second and third place in Polska Liga Siatkówki. His next club was Jastrzębski Węgiel, where he won second place in PlusLiga. He has been playing for Indykpol AZS Olsztyn since 2013.[1]
National team
- 1995
CEV U19 European Championship - 1997
FIVB U21 World Championship - 2006
FIVB World Championship
State awards
- 2006
Gold Cross of Merit
- PlusLiga: Były as kadry zmienia klub - przegladsportowy.pl - 17-07-2013
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