Piotr Gruszka
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| Full name | Piotr Gruszka | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 March 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 102 kg (225 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 355 cm | ||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 326 cm | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | receiver/spiker | ||||||||||||||||||
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 Indykpol AZS Olsztyn | ||||||||||||||||||
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Piotr Łukasz Gruszka (born 8 March 1977 in Oświęcim) is a Polish volleyball player[1] and captain of Polish national team. His first professional club was Hejnał Kęty, and he previously played for the junior national team of Poland in 1996. He currently plays for Indykpol AZS Olsztyn.
For his sport achievements, he received the Golden Cross of Merit in 2006.
Clubs
- Hejnał Kęty
- Włókniarz Bielsko-Biała
- AZS Częstochowa
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Zeta Line Padova - Alimenti Sardi Cagliari
- Adriavolley Trieste
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Tourcoing - Skra Bełchatów
- PZU AZS Olsztyn
- Skra Bełchatów
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Arkas Spor - Delecta Bydgoszcz
- Halkbank Ankara
- Marcegaglia CMC Ravenna
- Indykpol AZS Olsztyn
Career
- 1996
U-21 European Championship - 1997 U-21 World Championship
- 2005 4th place in World League
- 2006
2nd Place in Volleyball World Championship in Japan - 2007 4th place in World League in Katowice, Poland
- 2008 5th place in World League in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 2009 European Volleyball Championship, MVP
Club successes
- 1995 Polish Championship with AZS Częstochowa
- 1996
3rd place in Polish Championship with AZS Częstochowa - 1997 Polish Championship with AZS Częstochowa
- 1998 Cup of Poland with AZS Częstochowa
- 2005 Cup of Poland with Skra Bełchatów
- 2005 Polish Championship with Skra Bełchatów
- 2006 3rd place in Polish Championship with AZS Olsztyn
- 2007 Cup of Poland with Skra Bełchatów
- 2007 Polish Championship with Skra Bełchatów
- 2008 3rd place in Indesit Volleyball European Champions League with Skra Bełchatów
- 2008 Polish Championship with Skra Bełchatów
Individual awards
- 1996 The best spiker in qualifications to Olympic Games
- 2003 The best spiker in European Volleyball Championship
- 2004 The best spiker in World League
- 2005 The best player in PLS
- 2006 Golden Cross of Merit
- 2006 The best Polish receiver
- 2009 MVP of European Volleyball Championship
References
- ↑ "Piotr Gruszka". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
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Preceded by Semen Poltavskiy |
Most Valuable Player of European Championship 2009 |
Succeeded by Ivan Miljković |
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