Piotr Gacek

Piotr Gacek
Personal information
Full name Piotr Marcin Gacek
Nationality Polish
Born (1978-09-16) 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
YearsTeams
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
Honours
Competitor for  Poland
Men's volleyball
World Championship
2006 Japan
World Cup
2015 Japan
European Championship
2009 Turkey
Last updated: 12 June 2015

Piotr Marcin Gacek (born 16 September 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 (2009, 2010).

Personal life

Gacek was born in Grodków, Poland. Married twice, his first wife was Agata. On September 27, 2008 he 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 then he played for PGE Skra Bełchatów. WIth club from Bełchatów he achieved to titles of Polish Champion (2009, 2010). In 2010-2014 played for Polish club ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle.[2][3] He won with club from Kędzierzyn-Koźle - silver medal of CEV Cup 2011, silver (2011), bronze medal (2012) of Polish Championships and two Polish Cups in 2013 and 2014. In 2014 he moved to Lotos Trefl Gdańsk. On April 19, 2015 Lotos Trefl Gdańsk, including Gacek, achieved Polish Cup 2015.[4][5] Then he won silver medal of Polish Championship.[6] In May 2015 he signed two-year contract with Lotos Trefl Gdańsk.[7]

National team

Piotr Gacek was in the Polish squad when the Polish national team won the gold medal of European Championship 2009.[8] On September 14, 2009 he was awarded Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta.[9]

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Cup

National championships

National team

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. ↑ Polish Cup for Lotos Trefl. Asseco Resovia in the second place - assecoresovia.pl - 19-04-2015
  5. ↑ POLISH CUP M: Earthquake at Ergo Arena - Lotos Trefl lifted trophy! (VIDEO) - worldofvolley.com - 19-04-2015
  6. ↑ POL M: Madhouse in Rzeszów – Resovia is new Polish champion! - worldfovolley.com - 28-04-2015
  7. ↑ Piotr Gacek na dłużej w LOTOSIE Treflu - sport.trefl.com - 21-05-2015
  8. ↑ 2009 CEV European Championships Results - cev.lu - 03-09-2009
  9. ↑ Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta - prezydent.pl - 15-09-2009
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