Tomasz Wójtowicz

Tomasz Wójtowicz
Tomasz Wójtowicz
Personal information
Full name	Tomasz Grzegorz Wójtowicz
Nationality	Polish
Born	22 September 1953 (age 67); Lublin, Poland
Volleyball information
Position	Middle blocker
Career
1968–1972; 1972–1978; 1978–1983; 1983–1984; 1984–1986; 1986–1987; 1987–1989	AZS Lublin; Avia Świdnik; Legia Warsaw; Edilcuoghi Sassuolo; Santal Parma; Granarolo Ferrara; Famila Città di Castello
National team
1973–1984	Poland (325)
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Men's volleyball
Representing Poland
Olympic Games
FIVB World Championship
CEV European Championship

Tomasz Grzegorz Wójtowicz (born 22 September 1953) is a Polish sports commentator and former volleyball player, member of the Poland men's national volleyball team in 1973–1984, 1976 Olympic Champion, 1974 World Champion, silver medallist of the European Championship (1975, 1977, 1979, 1983), 1983 Polish Champion.

Wójtowicz is considered one of the first volleyball players in the world to start attacking from the back row.^[1] In 2001, he was listed by the International Volleyball Federation as one of the top eight volleyball players in the world.^[2]^[3] Wójtowicz was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2002.

Sporting achievements[]

Clubs[]

CEV European Champions Cup
- 1984/1985 – with Santal Parma
- 1985/1986 – with Santal Parma

National championships
- 1982/1983 Polish Championship, with Legia Warsaw

Youth national team[]

1971 CEV U20 European Championship

Individual awards[]

1977: FIVB World Cup – Most Valuable Player
1977: FIVB World Cup – Best Blocker

State awards[]

2021: Commander's Cross of Polonia Restituta^[4]

References[]

^ "POL M: Will Anastasi repeat Wagner's success?". www.WorldofVolley.com. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ "Maszyna do wygrywania". www.przegladsportowy.pl (in Polish). 22 May 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ "La Stagione 1983/84, quella del doppio straniero". www.volleyball.it (in Italian). 21 December 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ "Tomasz Wójtowicz odznaczony Krzyżem Komandorskim". www.pzps.pl (in Polish). 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.

External links[]

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

[1] "POL M: Will Anastasi repeat Wagner's success?". www.WorldofVolley.com. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[2] "Maszyna do wygrywania". www.przegladsportowy.pl (in Polish). 22 May 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[3] "La Stagione 1983/84, quella del doppio straniero". www.volleyball.it (in Italian). 21 December 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[4] "Tomasz Wójtowicz odznaczony Krzyżem Komandorskim". www.pzps.pl (in Polish). 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.

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Players (men)	Michael O'Hara Thomas Haine Jon Stanley Mike Bright Larry Rundle Pedro Velasco Craig Buck Dusty Dvorak Steve Timmons Yuri Chesnokov Karch Kiraly Tomasz Wójtowicz Jungo Morita Sinjin Smith Josef Musil Seiji Oko Bernard Rajzman Ron Lang Stanisław Gościniak Edward Skorek Bob Ctvrtlik Andrea Gardini Dimitar Zlatanov Andrea Giani Randy Stoklos Yuriy Poyarkov Ivans Bugajenkovs Siegfried Schneider Aleksandr Borisovich Savin Lorenzo Bernardi Vladimir Grbić Hugo Conte Peter Blangé Mike Dodd Maurício Lima Georgy Mondzolevski Jeff Stork Vyacheslav Zaytsev Nalbert Bitencourt Lloy Ball Renan Dal Zotto Emanuel Rego Nikola Grbić Ron Zwerver José Loiola
Players (women)	Flo Hyman Jane Ward Kathy Gregory Mary Jo Peppler Patty Dowdell Debbie Green-Vargas Patti Bright Paula Weishoff Inna Ryskal Takako Shirai Jean Gaertner Regla Torres Lang Ping Karolyn Kirby Mireya Luis Cecilia Tait Jackie Silva Nina Smoleyeva Kerri Pottharst Masae Kasai Ana Moser Holly McPeak Gabriela Pérez del Solar Shelda Bede Adriana Behar Magaly Carvajal Rita Crockett Lyudmila Buldakova Caren Kemner Natalie Cook Tara Cross-Battle Sandra Pires Rosa Salikhova Fofão Misty May-Treanor Danielle Scott-Arruda Irina Kirillova
Coaches	Doug Beal Al Scates Marv Dunphy Arie Selinger Don Shondell Andy Banachowski [ja] Hirofumi Daimatsu Viacheslav Platonov Julio Velasco Eugenio George Lafita Yuan Weimin Nikolay Karpol Gabriella Kotsis Hubert Wagner Joop Alberda Bebeto de Freitas
Officials	George J. Fisher
Leaders	William G. Morgan George J. Fisher Robert L. Lindsey Carlos Arthur Nuzman Sinan Erdem

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