Piotr Nowakowski

Piotr Nowakowski
Personal information
Full name Piotr Nowakowski
Nickname Cichy Pit
Nationality Polish
Born December 18, 1987
Żyrardów, Poland
Hometown Międzyborów, Poland
Height 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Weight 100 kg (220 lb)
Spike 368 cm (145 in)
Block 338 cm (133 in)
Volleyball information
Position Middle blocker
Current club Poland Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
Number 1 (national team), 4 (club)
Career
Years Teams


2006–2011
2011–
Poland Wrzos Międzyborów
Poland Metro Warszawa
Poland AZS Częstochowa
Poland Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
National team
2008–  Poland
Last updated: April 28, 2015

Piotr Nowakowski (born December 18, 1987) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of Polish national team and Polish club Asseco Resovia Rzeszów, a participant of the Olympic Games London 2012, World Champion 2014, European Champion 2009 and gold medalist of the World League 2012, silver medalist of the World Cup 2011, bronze medalist of the World League 2011 and the European Championship 2011, Polish Champion (2012, 2013, 2015).

Career

Clubs

He debuted in PlusLiga in club AZS Częstochowa. In the season 2007/2008 he became a key player in the team, when with won the Polish Cup and the silver medal of Polish Championship. In 201, he moved to Asseco Resovia Rzeszów.[1] With the club from Rzeszów he won two titles of Polish Champion (2012, 2013), Polish SuperCup 2013 and silver medal of CEV Cup 2012. In the 2013/2014 season, they won the Polish SuperCup 2012 and the silver medal of the Polish Championship 2013/2014 after losing the final (0-3 in matches, to three wins) against PGE Skra Bełchatów.[2] On March 29, 2015 Asseco Resovia Rzeszów, inclunding Nowakowski, achieved silver medal of the 2014–15 CEV Champions League.[3][4] He was awarded Best Middle Blocker of Final Four CEV Champions League.[5] In April 2015 he signed next two-year contract to 2017.[6]

National team

Nowakowski was in the Polish squad when the Polish national team won the gold medal of European Championship 2009.[7] On September 14, 2009 he was awarded Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta.[8] The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk. On July 10, 2011 Nowakowski with his national team won the first medal of the World League for Poland in history. They won a bronze medal after winning match with Argentina.[9] Then Poland played at European Championship 2011, where they had to defend the title of European Champion. Nowakowski was a major player in the team and Polish national team won a second medal in 2011 - a bronze after winning match with Russia.[10] In November 2011 won at World Cup silver medal and qualification at the Olympic Games.[11] On July 8, 2012 the Polish team won gold medal of the World League 2012.[12][13] Nowakowski was a main player of the Polish team at the Olympic Games London 2012, but Poland lost a quarterfinal with Russia. On August 16, 2014 was appointed to squad at World Championship held in Poland.[14][15] On September 21, 2014 won a title of World Champion 2014.[16][17][18]

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Champions League

CEV Cup

National championships

National team

FIVB World Championship

FIVB World Cup

FIVB World League

CEV European Championships

Individually

State awards

References

  1. PlusLiga: Ruszyła transferowa karuzela - przegladsportowy.pl - 10-05-2011
  2. PGE Skra mistrzem Polski - plusliga.pl - 27-04-2014
  3. Asseco Resovia ze srebrnym medalem Ligi Mistrzów - assecoresovia.pl - 29-03-2015
  4. Three is the magic number for Russian armada from Tatarstan! - cev.lu - 29-03-2015
  5. Piotr Nowakowski i Fabian Drzyzga w Dream Teamie Final Four - assecoresovia.pl - 29-03-2015
  6. CL silver medallists and ‘Dream Team’ members Nowakowski and Drzyzga to stay with Asseco Resovia RZESZOW for another two seasons - cev.lu - 02-04-2015
  7. 2009 CEV European Championships Results - cev.lu - 03-09-2009
  8. Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta - prezydent.pl - 15-09-2009
  9. 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League Final Report - fivb.org - 10-07-2011
  10. Bartosz Kurek is the man of the day as Poland strikes bronze at EuroVolley - cev.lu - 18-09-2011
  11. Poland shoot up World Rankings on back of World Cup silver - fivb.org - 06-12-2011
  12. Poland beat USA to claim first World League title - fivb.org - 08-07-2012
  13. Poland wins historical gold at the 2012 World League - fivb.org - 08-07-2012
  14. FIVB Mistrzostwa świata w piłce siatkowej mężczyzn Polska 2014. Trener Antiga ogłosił skład - plusliga.pl - 17-08-2014
  15. Polish team named for the FIVB Men's World Championship Poland 2014 - fivb.org - 17-08-2014
  16. Poland win second World Championship title at home - fivb.org - 21-09-2014
  17. Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil - fivb.org - 21-09-2014
  18. FIVB MŚ Polska 2014: Polska ze złotym medalem - plusliga.pl - 21-09-2014

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Awards
Preceded by
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Best Middle Blocker of
CEV Champions League

2014/2015
ex aequo Netherlands Rob Bontje
Succeeded by
TBD