Michał Szyba

Michał Szyba
Personal information
Born18 March 1988
Lublin, Poland
NationalityPolish
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight97 kg (214 lb)
Playing positionRight back
NicknameZegarek
Club information
Current clubRK Gorenje Velenje
Number18
Senior clubs
2004–2014
2014–
KS Azoty-Puławy
RK Gorenje Velenje
National team
2013–Poland26 (29)

Michał Szyba (born 18 March 1988) is a Polish handball player, a member of Poland national handball team and Slovenian club RK Gorenje Velenje, bronze medalist of the World Championship 2015.

Career

National team

He debuted in national team on June 4, 2013 in friendly match against Sweden (27:29). On January 24, 2014 Polish national team, including Szyba, took 6th place of the European Championship. On February 1, 2015 Poland won bronze medal of the World Championship 2015. They won bronze medal match (29:28) against Spain.[1][2] Followed by the majority of the tournament was a substitute for Andrew Rojewski. In the match for the bronze medal he threw goal that gave to national team a draw and overtime in which the Poles won.

Sporting achievements

National team

IHF World Championship

State awards

References

  1. France on top again, silver for Qatar, bronze for Poland - qatarhandball2015.com - 01-02-2015
  2. Bronze goes to Poland - ihf.info - 01-02-2015

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