Marcin Możdżonek
Marcin Możdżonek | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Personal information | |||||
Full name | Marcin Rafał Możdżonek | ||||
Nickname | Możdżon | ||||
Nationality | Polish | ||||
Born | Olsztyn, Poland | 9 February 1985||||
Height | 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) | ||||
Volleyball information | |||||
Position | Middle blocker | ||||
Career | |||||
| |||||
National team | |||||
| |||||
Marcin Rafał Możdżonek (born 9 February 1985) is a Polish former volleyball player, member of the Poland men's national volleyball team in 2007–2016, participant of the Olympic Games (Beijing 2008, London 2012), 2014 World Champion, 2009 European Champion, gold medallist of the 2012 World League, silver medallist of the 2011 World Cup, bronze medallist of the 2011 World League and 2011 European Championship, three–time Polish Champion (2009, 2010, 2011).
Career[]
Clubs[]
In 2012-2014 Możdżonek played for ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle.[1] With this club he won the Polish Cup twice (2013, 2014) and won the silver medal in the Polish Championship 2012/2013. In October 2014, he moved to Turkish club Halkbank Ankara.[2] On March 29, 2015 he achieved his first trophy with his new club Halkbank Ankara – the Turkish Cup. In the final his team beat Arkas Izmir 3-0 and he scored 10 points.[3] In July 2015 he came back to Poland and he signed a contract with MKS Cuprum Lubin.
National team[]
He debuted in the Polish national team in 2007 (during the Poland - Argentina match). Możdżonek was in the Polish squad when the Polish national team won the gold medal at the European Championship 2009.[4] On September 14, 2009 he was awarded The Order of Polonia Restituta.[5] The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk. With the Polish team, he won three medals in 2011 - silver at World Cup[6] and two bronzes at World League[7] and European Championship.[8] In November 2011 he was declared the new captain of national team.[9] He is a gold medalist of World League 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria.[10][11] In May 2014 he was replaced as captain by Michał Winiarski. On September 21, 2014 Poland won the title of World Champion 2014.[12][13][14] On October 27, 2014, he received a state award granted by the Polish President, Bronisław Komorowski: the Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta for outstanding sports achievements and the promotion of Poland in the world.[15]
He was not called to the national team by Stephane Antiga for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.[16]
Sporting achievements[]
Clubs[]
- FIVB Club World Championship
- Doha 2009 – with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- Doha 2010 – with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- National championships
- 2008/2009 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2008/2009 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2009/2010 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2010/2011 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2010/2011 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2011/2012 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2012/2013 Polish Cup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- 2013/2014 Polish Cup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- 2014/2015 Turkish Cup, with Halkbank Ankara
Youth national team[]
Individual awards[]
- 2009: FIVB Club World Championship – Best Blocker
- 2011: FIVB World Cup – Best Blocker
- 2012: Polish Cup – Best Blocker
- 2012: FIVB World League – Best Blocker
State awards[]
References[]
- ^ Marcin Możdżonek nowym zawodnikiem ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle – eurosport.onet.pl – 03-07-2012
- ^ Marcin Możdżonek odchodzi z ZAKSY – plusliga.pl – 11-10-2014
- ^ TURKISH CUP M: HalkBank clinched the trophy! – worldofvolley.com – 29-03-2015
- ^ 2009 CEV European Championships Results – cev.eu – 03-09-2009
- ^ Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta Archived 2014-03-09 at the Wayback Machine – prezydent.pl – 15-09-2009
- ^ Poland shoot up World Rankings on back of World Cup silver – fivb.org – 06-12-2011
- ^ 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League Final Report – fivb.org – 10-07-2011
- ^ Bartosz Kurek is the man of the day as Poland strikes bronze at EuroVolley – cev.eu – 18-09-2011
- ^ Kapitan Możdżonek – plusliga.pl – 11-11-2011
- ^ Poland beat USA to claim first World League title – fivb.org – 08-07-2012
- ^ Poland wins historical gold at the 2012 World League – fivb.org – 08-07-2012
- ^ Poland win second World Championship title at home – fivb.org – 21-09-2014
- ^ Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil – fivb.org – 21-09-2014
- ^ FIVB MŚ Polska 2014: Polska ze złotym medalem – plusliga.pl – 21-09-2014
- ^ "Dziękuję za chwile wzruszenia i dumy" Archived 2014-10-27 at the Wayback Machine – prezydent.pl - 27-10-2014
- ^ Rio 2016: Możdżonek i Wojtaszek nie jadą na igrzyska olimpijskie – przegladsportowy.pl – 14-07-2016
- ^ Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 października 2014 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń – isap.sejm.gov.pl – 23-10-2014
External links[]
- Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Player profile at PlusLiga.pl
- Player profile at Volleybox.net
- Player profile at the International Olympic Committee
- Player profile at Olympedia
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marcin Możdżonek. |
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Olsztyn
- Polish men's volleyball players
- Polish Champions of men's volleyball
- Olympic volleyball players of Poland
- Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Polish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
- AZS Olsztyn players
- Skra Bełchatów players
- ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle players
- Halkbank volleyball players
- Cuprum Lubin players
- Resovia Rzeszów players