Piotr Gacek

Piotr Gacek
Personal information
Full name Piotr Marcin Gacek
Nationality Polish
Born September 16, 1978
Grodków, Poland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 80 kg (180 lb)
Spike 328 cm (129 in)
Block 305 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
Position Libero
Current club Poland Lotos Trefl Gdańsk
Number 3
Career
Years Teams
1993–1998
1998–2002
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004–2008
2008–2010
2010–2014
2014–
Poland SKS Mechanik Nysa
Poland AZS Opole
Poland GTPS Gorzów Wielkopolski
Poland NKS Nysa
Poland AZS Częstochowa
Poland PGE Skra Bełchatów
Poland ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Poland Lotos Trefl Gdańsk
National team
2005–2010
2015–
 Poland
Last updated: April 28, 2015

Piotr Marcin Gacek (born September 16, 1978) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of Polish national team in 2005-2010 and Polish club Lotos Trefl Gdańsk, European Champion 2009, silver medalist of the World Championship 2006, double Polish Champion.

Personal life

Gacek was born in Grodków, Poland. Married twice, his first wife was Agata. On September 27, 2008 married to Karolina. In August 2010 his wife gave birth to their daughter Zofia.[1]

Career

Clubs

His first professional club was SKS Mechanik Nysa, and he previously played for PGE Skra Bełchatów. In 2010-2014 played for Polish club ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle.[2][3] He won with club from Kędzierzyn-Koźle a silver medal of CEV Cup 2011, silver (2011), bronze medal (2012) of Polish Championships and two Polish Cups in 2013 and 2014.

National team

Piotr Gacek was in the Polish squad when the Polish national team won the gold medal of European Championship 2009.[4] On September 14, 2009 he was awarded Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta.[5]

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Cup

National championships

National team

FIVB World Championship

CEV European Championships

Individually

State awards

References

  1. Gacek został ojcem! - siatkowska24.pl - 30-08-2010
  2. Piotr Gacek w ZAKSIE - plusliga.pl - 19-05-2010
  3. Piotr Gacek nie będzie już siatkarzem ZAKSY Kędzierzyn-Koźle - sportowefakty.pl - 30-04-2014
  4. 2009 CEV European Championships Results - cev.lu - 03-09-2009
  5. Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta - prezydent.pl - 15-09-2009
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