Marcin Możdżonek
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| Full name | Marcin Rafał Możdżonek | ||||
| Nickname | Możdżon | ||||
| Nationality | Polish | ||||
| Born | 9 February 1985 Olsztyn, Poland | ||||
| Height | 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) | ||||
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| Position | Middle blocker | ||||
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Marcin Rafał Możdżonek (born 9 February 1985) is a Polish former professional volleyball player, a member of the Poland national team in 2007–2016, a participant in the Olympic Games (Beijing 2008, London 2012), the 2014 World Champion, 2009 European Champion, and the 2012 World League winner.
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Career
[edit]Club
[edit]In 2012-2014 Możdżonek played for ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle.[1] With this club he won the Polish Cup twice (2013, 2014) and won the silver medal in the Polish Championship 2012/2013. In October 2014, he moved to Turkish club Halkbank Ankara.[2] On March 29, 2015 he achieved his first trophy with his new club Halkbank Ankara – the Turkish Cup. In the final his team beat Arkas Izmir 3-0 and he scored 10 points.[3] In July 2015 he came back to Poland and he signed a contract with MKS Cuprum Lubin.
National team
[edit]He debuted in the Polish national team in 2007 (during the Poland - Argentina match). Możdżonek was in the Polish squad when the Polish national team won the gold medal at the European Championship 2009.[4] On September 14, 2009 he was awarded The Order of Polonia Restituta.[5] The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk. With the Polish team, he won three medals in 2011 - silver at World Cup[6] and two bronzes at World League[7] and European Championship.[8] In November 2011 he was declared the new captain of national team.[9] He is a gold medalist of World League 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria.[10][11] In May 2014 he was replaced as captain by Michał Winiarski. On September 21, 2014 Poland won the title of World Champion 2014.[12][13][14] 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 worldwide promotion of Poland.[15]
He was not called to the national team by Stephane Antiga for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.[16]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- CEV Champions League
2011/2012 – with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- FIVB Club World Championship
- Domestic
- 2008–09
Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów - 2008–09
Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów - 2009–10 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2010–11 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2010–11 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2011–12 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2012–13 Polish Cup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- 2013–14 Polish Cup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- 2014–15 Turkish Cup, with Halkbank Ankara
- 2008–09
Youth national team
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Individual awards
[edit]- 2009: FIVB Club World Championship – Best blocker
- 2011: FIVB World Cup – Best blocker
- 2012: Polish Cup – Best blocker
- 2012: FIVB World League – Best blocker
State awards
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References
[edit]- ^ Marcin Możdżonek nowym zawodnikiem ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle – eurosport.onet.pl – 03-07-2012
- ^ Marcin Możdżonek odchodzi z ZAKSY – plusliga.pl – 11-10-2014
- ^ TURKISH CUP M: HalkBank clinched the trophy! – worldofvolley.com – 29-03-2015
- ^ 2009 CEV European Championships Results – cev.eu – 03-09-2009
- ^ Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta Archived 2014-03-09 at the Wayback Machine – prezydent.pl – 15-09-2009
- ^ Poland shoot up World Rankings on back of World Cup silver – fivb.org – 06-12-2011
- ^ 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League Final Report – fivb.org – 10-07-2011
- ^ Bartosz Kurek is the man of the day as Poland strikes bronze at EuroVolley – cev.eu – 18-09-2011
- ^ Kapitan Możdżonek – plusliga.pl – 11-11-2011
- ^ Poland beat USA to claim first World League title – fivb.org – 08-07-2012
- ^ Poland wins historical gold at the 2012 World League – fivb.org – 08-07-2012
- ^ Poland win second World Championship title at home – fivb.org – 21-09-2014
- ^ Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil – fivb.org – 21-09-2014
- ^ FIVB MŚ Polska 2014: Polska ze złotym medalem – plusliga.pl – 21-09-2014
- ^ "Dziękuję za chwile wzruszenia i dumy" Archived 2014-10-27 at the Wayback Machine – prezydent.pl - 27-10-2014
- ^ Rio 2016: Możdżonek i Wojtaszek nie jadą na igrzyska olimpijskie – przegladsportowy.pl – 14-07-2016
- ^ Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 października 2014 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń – isap.sejm.gov.pl – 23-10-2014
External links
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- Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Player profile at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
- Player profile at Olympics.com
- Player profile at Olympedia
- Player profile at Volleybox.net
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Olsztyn
- Polish men's volleyball players
- Polish Champions of men's volleyball
- Olympic volleyball players for Poland
- Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Polish expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
- AZS Olsztyn (volleyball) players
- Skra Bełchatów players
- ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle players
- Halkbank volleyball players
- Cuprum Lubin players
- Resovia (volleyball) players
- Middle blockers
- 21st-century Polish sportsmen