Piotr Nowakowski

Piotr Nowakowski
Personal information
Full name Piotr Nowakowski
Nickname Cichy Pit
Nationality Polish
Born (1987-12-18) 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 Lotos Trefl Gdańsk
Number 1
Career
YearsTeams


2006–2011
2011–2017
2017–		Wrzos Międzyborów
Metro Warszawa
AZS Częstochowa
Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
Lotos Trefl Gdańsk
National team
2008– Poland
Honours
Representing  Poland
Men's volleyball
World Championship
2014 Poland
World Cup
2011 Japan
2015 Japan
European Championship
2009 Turkey
2011 Austria/Czech Republic
World League
2012 Sofia
2011 Gdańsk
Last updated: 28 April 2017

Piotr Nowakowski (born 18 December 1987) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland men's national volleyball team and Polish club Lotos Trefl Gdańsk, a participant of the Olympic Games (London 2012, Rio 2016), 2014 World Champion, 2009 European Champion and gold medalist of the 2012 World League, silver medalist of the 2011 World Cup, a bronze medalist of the 2011 European Championship and 2011 World League, three-time Polish Champion (2012, 2013, 2015).

Personal life

Nowakowski was born in Żyrardów, but he was growing up in Międzyborów. On July 25, 2015 he married to Aleksandra Wilczewska.[1] On January 1, 2017 he announced that he and his wife are expecting a first child.[2][3] On June 12, 2017 his wife gave birth to their daughter Oliwia.

Career

Clubs

He made his debut in PlusLiga for club AZS Częstochowa. In the season 2007/2008 he became a key player for the team, and they won the Polish Cup and the silver medal in the Polish Championship. In 2011, he moved to Asseco Resovia Rzeszów.[4] In 2012 he won silver medal in the CEV Cup 2012. In 2012 after seven years of domination by PGE Skra Bełchatów, he was part of the Asseco Resovia Rzeszów team that won the Polish Championship.[5] The next year he and his team repeated this success and gained the title of Polish Champions 2013.[6] In the 2013/2014 season, they won the Polish SuperCup 2013 and the silver medal in the Polish Championship 2013/2014 after losing the final (0-3 in matches) against PGE Skra Bełchatów.[7] On March 29, 2015 Asseco Resovia Rzeszów, including Nowakowski, won the silver medal in the 2014–15 CEV Champions League.[8][9] He was awarded Best Middle Blocker of the Final Four in the CEV Champions League.[10] In April 2015 he signed a contract for the next two years, keeping him at Asseco Resovia Rzeszów till 2017.[11] In April 2015 he achieved won his third Polish Championship with Rzeszów.[12] On April 28, 2017 he moved to Lotos Trefl Gdańsk.[13]

National team

Nowakowski was in the Polish squad when the Polish national team won the gold medal at the 2009 European Championship.[14] On September 14, 2009 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta.[15] The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk. On July 10, 2011 Nowakowski, with the national team, won the first medal of the World League for Poland in history. They won a bronze medal after winning the match with Argentina.[16] Then Poland played at the 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.[17] In November 2011 Poland won a silver medal at the World Cup and with that, qualified for the Olympic Games.[18] On July 8, 2012 the Polish team won gold medal of the World League 2012.[19][20] 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 he was named in the World Championship squad for the World Championship held in Poland.[21][22] On September 21, 2014 the Polish team won the title of World Champion 2014.[23][24][25] On October 27, 2014, he received a state award granted by the Polish President, Bronisław Komorowski: the Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta for outstanding sports achievements and the promotion of Poland in the world.[26]

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Champions League

CEV Cup

National championships

National team

Individually

State awards

References

  1. ↑ Polski siatkarz wziął ślub - fakt.pl - 26-07-2015
  2. ↑ IG: pit_nowakowski - 01-01-2017
  3. ↑ Nowakowski jak Lewandowski. W tym roku także zostanie ojcem - wp.pl - 01-01-2017
  4. ↑ PlusLiga: Ruszyła transferowa karuzela - przegladsportowy.pl - 10-05-2011
  5. ↑ Asseco Resovia mistrzem Polski - sport.wp.pl - 22-04-2012
  6. ↑ Asseco Resovia mistrzem Polski - plusliga.pl - 20-04-2013
  7. ↑ PGE Skra mistrzem Polski - plusliga.pl - 27-04-2014
  8. ↑ Asseco Resovia ze srebrnym medalem Ligi Mistrzów - assecoresovia.pl - 29-03-2015
  9. ↑ Three is the magic number for Russian armada from Tatarstan! - cev.lu - 29-03-2015
  10. ↑ Piotr Nowakowski i Fabian Drzyzga w Dream Teamie Final Four - assecoresovia.pl - 29-03-2015
  11. ↑ 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
  12. ↑ POL M: Madhouse in Rzeszów – Resovia is new Polish champion! - worldofvolley.com - 28-04-2015
  13. ↑ Nowakowski wzmocnił Lotos Trefl Gdańsk - polsatsport.pl - 28-04-2017
  14. ↑ 2009 CEV European Championships Results - cev.lu - 03-09-2009
  15. ↑ Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta - prezydent.pl - 15-09-2009
  16. ↑ 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League Final Report - fivb.org - 10-07-2011
  17. ↑ Bartosz Kurek is the man of the day as Poland strikes bronze at EuroVolley - cev.lu - 18-09-2011
  18. ↑ Poland shoot up World Rankings on back of World Cup silver - fivb.org - 06-12-2011
  19. ↑ Poland beat USA to claim first World League title - fivb.org - 08-07-2012
  20. ↑ Poland wins historical gold at the 2012 World League - fivb.org - 08-07-2012
  21. ↑ FIVB Mistrzostwa świata w piłce siatkowej mężczyzn Polska 2014. Trener Antiga ogłosił skład - plusliga.pl - 17-08-2014
  22. ↑ Polish team named for the FIVB Men's World Championship Poland 2014 - fivb.org - 17-08-2014
  23. ↑ Poland win second World Championship title at home - fivb.org - 21-09-2014
  24. ↑ Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil - fivb.org - 21-09-2014
  25. ↑ FIVB MŚ Polska 2014: Polska ze złotym medalem - plusliga.pl - 21-09-2014
  26. ↑ "Dziękuję za chwile wzruszenia i dumy" - prezydent.pl - 27-10-2014
  27. ↑ Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 października 2014 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń - isap.sejm.gov.pl - 23-10-2014
Awards
Preceded by
Russia Dmitriy Muserskiy		 Best Middle Blocker of
CEV Champions League
2014/2015
ex aequo Netherlands Rob Bontje 		Succeeded by
Argentina Sebastián Solé
United States Russell Holmes
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