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Polish volleyball player (born 1978)

Grzegorz Szymański

Personal information

Full name

Grzegorz Szymański

Nickname

Gelu

Nationality

Born

(1978-07-12) July 12, 1978 (age 46)
Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland

Height

2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)

Weight

94 kg (207 lb)

Spike

345 cm (136 in)

Block

315 cm (124 in)

Volleyball information

Position

Opposite hitter

Number

Career

Years	Teams
1994–1997 1997–2000 2000–2005 2005–2007 2007–2009 2009–2011 2011–2013 2013–2015	Ostrovia Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski Płomień Sosnowiec AZS Częstochowa Jastrzębski Węgiel Indykpol AZS Olsztyn Delecta Bydgoszcz AZS Politechnika Warszawska Indykpol AZS Olsztyn

National team

1998–2007

Honours

Last updated: 6 February 2017

Grzegorz Szymański (born 12 July 1978) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland men's national volleyball team from 1998 to 2007, and a silver medalist of the World Championship 2006.

Personal life

Szymański was born in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland. He is married to Magdalena. They have a daughter Oliwia and a son Arkadiusz.

He began to play with Ostrovia Ostrowiec Swiętokrzyski, when he was 16. After that, he started playing in Sosnowiec. In 2000 he went to AZS Częstochowa, where he spent 5 years. With AZS he won second and third place in Polska Liga Siatkówki. His next club was Jastrzębski Węgiel, where he won second place in PlusLiga. He has been playing for Indykpol AZS Olsztyn since 2013.

v t e Poland squad – 2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship – Silver medal
2 Winiarski 3 Gruszka 4 Pliński 5 Zagumny 7 Grzyb 9 Żygadło 10 Wlazły 11 Kadziewicz 12 Szymański 13 Świderski 15 Gacek 17 Bąkiewicz Coach: Lozano

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