Mirosława Zakrzewska-Kotula

Mirosława Zakrzewska-Kotula
Personal information
Full name Mirosława Zakrzewska-Kotula
Born December 6, 1932
Poland Łódź, Poland
Died November 21, 1985 (aged 52)
Poland Łódź, Poland
National team
1948-1961  Poland
Last updated: July 18, 2014

Mirosława Zakrzewska-Kotula (born December 6, 1932 in Łódź, Poland - died November 21, 1985 in Łódź, Poland) was a Polish volleyball player, basketball player, handball player and coach. She was a silver and bronze medalist of FIVB World Championships and silver, three-times bronze medalist of CEV European Championships. She was a multi-medalist of Polish Championship in volleyball and Polish Champion in handball.

Career

As a volleyball player she debuted in Polish national team in the first match of Polish team at the international arena on February 14, 1948 against Czechoslovakia. She played 112 times in Polish national team (1949–1961). She won a few silver and bronze medals with Polish national team at the international arena. She ended career in national team on September 13, 1961 after friendly match against Czechoslovakia. She played 14 times in Polish basketball national team (1950–1952).

She was a player of HKS Łódź, Chemia Łódź, Unia Łódź, Stal Bielsko-Biała, Wisła Kraków, Start Gdynia. After end of her career as a player she became a coach.

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