Sebastian_Swiderski

Sebastian Świderski

Sebastian Świderski

Polish volleyball player and coach

Sebastian Krzysztof Świderski (born 26 June 1977) is a Polish former professional volleyball player and coach. He was a member of the Poland national team from 1996 to 2011, a participant in the Olympic Games (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008), and a silver medallist at the 2006 World Championship. Since 2021, Świderski has been president of the Polish Volleyball Federation.[1][2]

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Career as player

Club

As a player of Perugia Volley after a match in Piacenza in 2006.

Świderski's first club as a player was Znicz Gorzów Wielkopolski. Then, he played for Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski, with whom he won bronze and silver medals of the Polish Championship and Polish Cup in 1997. In 2000, he started playing for Mostostal Azoty Kędzierzyn-Koźle. With the club from Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Świderski won the Polish Cup twice (in 2001, 2002) and three titles of Polish Champion in 2001, 2002, 2003. During the 2002/2003 season, the club won the bronze medal in the CEV Champions League. He moved to Italian Serie A in 2003, where he played four seasons in Perugia Volley and three seasons in Lube Banca Macerata. He played in shirt number 16 in order to honor the memory of the player Arkadiusz Gołaś, who died tragically on his way to the club from Macerata. With the club from Perugia, Świderski won a silver medal at the Italian Championship in season 2004/2005. Whilst playing for Lube Banca Macerata, he won two Italian Cups (2008, 2009), the Italian SuperCup, 2008 and a bronze medal in the Italian Championship 2008/2009. He ended his sporting career after his final two seasons in PlusLiga playing for ZAKSA. In 2011, he won a silver medal in the CEV Cup and the Polish Championship.

National team

Świderski made his international debut for Poland in December 1997 against Israel, losing 3-1. He has since participated in the Olympic Games at both Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008 for Poland, finishing 5th both times. He is a silver medalist of the World Championship 2006. He ended his career during an official ceremony after a match of the national team in 2012 in Katowice.

Career as coach

In 2012, Świderski made his debut as a coach; he was appointed to work in this role for a PlusLiga club, Fart Kielce. In the next season, he worked as an assistant coach in ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, where the first coach was Daniel Castellani. From 2013 to 2015, he was the head coach of ZAKSA.[3] The first trophy which he won as the head coach, was the Polish Cup in 2014.[4]

Honours

As a player

As a coach

  • Domestic
    • 2013–14 Polish Cup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle

Individual awards

  • 2000: Polish Championship – Most valuable player
  • 2008: Olympic Games – Best spiker

State awards

Trophies won by Polish Volleyball Federation during presidency

References

  1. [1]
    "Sebastian Świderski prezesem Polskiego Związku Piłki Siatkowej". pzps.pl (in Polish). 27 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Sebastian Świderski zmienia dres na garnitur. Został prezesem!". przegladsportowy.pl (in Polish). 13 October 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  3. [3]
    "PlusLiga: Sebastian Świderski nowym trenerem ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle". sport.onet.pl (in Polish). 26 April 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Pierwszy triumf trenera Świderskiego". plusliga.pl (in Polish). 18 March 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
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