Ryszard Bosek

Ryszard Bosek
Personal information
Nickname	Bubu
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1950-04-12) 12 April 1950 (age 71) Kamienna Góra, Poland
Coaching information
Previous teams coached Years Teams 1983–1984 1984–1985 1985–1987 1987–1990 2000–2001 2006–2007 Pallavolo Padova (AC) Pallavolo Padova Płomień Milowice AZS Częstochowa (AC) Poland Jastrzębski Węgiel
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Career
Years Teams 1969–1973 1973–1980 1980–1985 AZS AWF Warsaw Płomień Milowice Pallavolo Padova
National team
1969–1986  Poland (359)
hide Honours Men's volleyball Representing  Poland Olympic Games 1976 Montreal FIVB World Championship 1974 Mexico CEV European Championship 1975 Yugoslavia 1977 Finland 1979 France

Ryszard Bosek (born 12 April 1950) is a Polish former volleyball player and coach, member of the Poland men's national volleyball team in 1969–1986, participant of the Olympic Games (1972, 1976, 1980), 1976 Olympic Champion, 1974 World Champion, silver medallist of the European Championship (1975, 1977, 1979), two–time Polish Champion.

Personal life[]

Bosek was born in Kamienna Góra, Poland. In 2008 he had cancer. After removing the salivary glands and nerve shoulder he returned to health. He was an expert of volleyball in Polsat Sport, and worked as a manager of a few volleyball players (Bartosz Kurek, Piotr Nowakowski, Jakub Jarosz).

Career[]

National team[]

Bosek took part in a few editions of the World Championship: 1970 (5th place), 1974 and 1978 (8th place). In 1974, Poland, including Bosek, achieved a title of the World Champion. It was a first title of the World Champion in the history of Polish volleyball.

Among his achievements, he has three silver medals of the European Championship (1975, 1977, 1979). In all three cases, Polish national team lost to the Soviet Union.

He was a participant of the Olympic Games: Munich 1972, Montreal 1976, Moscow 1980. In 1976, as one of the players of the Polish national team led by Hubert Jerzy Wagner, he achieved a title of the Olympic Champion. Poland won the final match of the tournament against the Soviet Union on 30 July 1976.

Sporting achievements[]

As a player[]

• CEV European Champions Cup
  • 1977/1978 – with Płomień Milowice

• National championships
  • 1976/1977 Polish Championship, with Płomień Milowice
  • 1978/1979 Polish Championship, with Płomień Milowice

External links[]

• Player profile at Olympic.org
• Player profile at LegaVolley.it
• Player profile at Volleybox.net

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Ireneusz Mazur	Head coach of Poland 2000–2001	Succeeded by Waldemar Wspaniały