Hubert Wagner
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| Full name | Hubert Aleksander Wagner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Jurek, Gruby, Kat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Polish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 March 1941 Poznań, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 March 2002 (aged 61) Warsaw, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hubert Aleksander Wagner (also known as Hubert Jerzy Wagner) (born 4 March 1941 – 13 March 2002) was a Polish volleyball player and coach, member of the Poland men's national volleyball team in 1963–1971, participant of the Olympic Games (Mexico 1968), bronze medallist of the 1967 European Championship. As a head coach, he led the Polish national team to the titles of 1974 World Champions and 1976 Olympic Champions.
Personal life[]
He was born in Poznań, Poland. His parents were Romuald and Zofia (née Kotlińska). He had younger siblings - sister Elżbieta (born 1946) and brother Leszek. Married twice. On October 15, 1963 he married to Danuta Kordaczuk, who was volleyball player, medalist of Olympics, World and European Championships. With wife Danuta, he had one son Grzegorz Wagner (born 1965), who was also volleyball player (setter) and coach.[1] They got divorced in 1978. In 1979 he married to Anna Baraniecka. In last two years of his life, his partner was Danuta Marzec. He had two grandsons - Iwo (born 1991) also played as setter and now he works as scoutman, second grandson Jakub (born 1993) also is volleyball player and one granddaughter named Sara (born 2003).[2]
Career as coach[]
In 1973 he became a head coach of Polish men's national volleyball team, when he was 32. He was known as a demanding coach, who attached great importance to physical preparation of their players. In 1974 he led Poland men's national volleyball team to first title of World Champions 1974 in history.[3]
As World Champions his team was one of the main contenders for next title. Poland went to European Championship 1975 held in Yugoslavia and won silver medal.
Before going to Montreal for the Olympics he said: I am only interested in gold.
The tournament was fatiguing and hard for his team but Wagner completed plan. On July 30, 1976 he achieved with Polish men's national volleyball team title of Olympic Champions 1976.[4] In final his team beat Soviet Union in tie-break, despite the fact that Polish volleyball players spent on the pitch 11,5 hours - a lot more time than opponents (5 hours) throughout the tournament. Two months after success he left national team.
Sporting achievements[]
As a player[]
- National championships
- 1962/1963
Polish Championship, with AZS AWF Warsaw - 1964/1965 Polish Championship, with AZS AWF Warsaw
- 1965/1966 Polish Championship, with AZS AWF Warsaw
- 1967/1968 Polish Championship, with AZS AWF Warsaw
- 1962/1963
As a coach[]
- National championships
- 1982/1983 Polish Championship, with Legia Warsaw
- 1991/1992 Turkish Championship, with Halkbank Ankara
- 1992/1993 Turkish Championship, with Halkbank Ankara
- 1982/1983
Death[]
On 13 March 2002 he left the hotel in Warsaw after a lively discussion at a meeting of members of the Polish Association of Volleyball, which he was secretary. Some time later he had car accident caused by his heart attack.[5] Despite the rapid resuscitation he died. An autopsy showed advanced coronary artery disease.
Memory[]
Every year (since 2003) is organized Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner, which is three-day tournament for four national teams invited by Poland. It is one of the most important and popular volleyball event in Poland. In 2010 Hubert Wagner joined to International Volleyball Hall of Fame.[6] Five schools and two sports arenas in Poland are named after him.
References[]
- ^ Fragment: "KAT. Biografia Huberta Wagnera" Grzegorz Wagner, Krzysztof Mecner – onet.pl – 27-06-2014
- ^ Jaki ojciec, taki syn, czyli tymi samymi śladami na siatkarskim szlaku – sportowefakty.pl – 27-09-2014
- ^ Historia MŚ: Meksyk 1974 - historyczny triumf reprezentacji Polski pod wodzą Huberta Wagnera – sportowefakty.pl – 12-08-2014
- ^ Drużyna siatkarzy – onet.pl – 17-04-2012
- ^ Trener siatkarski Hubert Wagner nie żyje – wp.pl – 22-06-2002
- ^ Hubert Wagner – International Hall of Fame – volleyball.org
External links[]
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hubert Wagner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2015-10-16.
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