Paweł Zagumny
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Full name | Paweł Lech Zagumny | ||||
Nickname | Guma | ||||
Nationality | Polish | ||||
Born |
Jasło, Poland | October 18, 1977||||
Hometown | Warszawa, Poland | ||||
Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||||
Spike | 330 cm (130 in) | ||||
Block | 320 cm (130 in) | ||||
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Position | Setter | ||||
Current club | AZS Politechnika Warszawska | ||||
Number | 5 | ||||
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Last updated: 24 September 2016 |
Paweł Zagumny [ˈpavɛw zaˈɡumnɨ] (born 18 October 1977) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland men's national volleyball team in 1996-2014 and Polish club AZS Politechnika Warszawska, a participant of the Olympic Games (Atlanta 1996, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012), 2014 World Champion, 2009 European Champion, a gold medalist of the 2012 World League, silver medalist of the 2006 World Championship and 2011 World Cup.
Personal life
Paweł Zagumny was born in Jasło, Poland. He is Hanna and Lech Zagumny's son, his father is a former volleyball player and a coach. Zagumny has a sister, Agnieszka. On July 19, 2003 Zagumny married Oliwia Brochocka-Zagumny. They have two children - a daughter Wiktoria (born 2004) and a son Mikołaj (born 2010).[1]
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Career
Clubs
He began to play in 1992 with MKS MDK Warszawa volleyball junior club. His talent was quickly seen and in 1995 at age 18 he was transferred to professional team Czarni Radom, where he played for 2 years. With Zagumny Czarni Radom club won Poland Championship in 1996 and got second place in 1997. Next, he played for Bosman Morze Szczecin for 3 years. In 2000 he was transferred to Italian club Edilbasso Padua, where he stayed for three years. Afterwords he came back to Poland, playing for Mlekpol AZS Olsztyn. In 2010 went to Polish club ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle. He achieved with this club two Polish Cups (2013, 2014) and two silver (2011, 2013) and bronze (2012) medal of Polish Championship. In April 2015 he announced that he is going to leave ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle.[2] In May 2015 he signed a contract with AZS Politechnika Warszawska.[3]
National team
In 2006 he was awarded the best setter of FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Japan, where Polish national team won silver medal. In 2007 he was awarded the best setter of FIVB World League in Poland, Katowice. In 2008 he was awarded the best setter of Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. Zagumny was in the Polish squad when the Polish national team won the gold medal of European Championship 2009.,[4] where was awarded Best Setter. 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. In 2011 the gained silver medal at World Cup.[6] On July 8, 2012 won a gold medal of World League 2012 in Sofia, Bulgary.[7][8] On September 21, 2014 won a title of World Champion 2014.[9][10][11] On October 27, 2014 received a state award granted by the Polish President Bronisław Komorowski - Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta for outstanding sports achievements and to promote Polish in the world.[12] After winning title of 2014 World Champion he announced that the finale was his last match in national team.
On September 11, 2016 was organized all-star match in Katowice, which was Zagumny's official farewell to Polish national team and its supporters (12,000 fans at Spodek).[13][14] In the match Poland vs. the Rest of world took part the most titled and the best players in the history of Polish and world volleyball. Zagumny played 427 matches in Polish national team.
Sporting achievements
Clubs
CEV Cup
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2010/2011 - with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
National championship
- 1997/1998
Polish Championship, with Morze Bałtyk Szczecin
- 2003/2004
Polish Championship, with AZS Olsztyn
- 2004/2005
Polish Championship, with AZS Olsztyn
- 2005/2006
Polish Championship, with AZS Olsztyn
- 2006/2007
Polish Championship, with AZS Olsztyn
- 2007/2008
Polish Championship, with AZS Olsztyn
- 2009/2010
Greek Cup, with Panathinaikos Athens
- 2009/2010
Greek Championship, with Panathinaikos Athens
- 2010/2011
Polish Championship, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- 2011/2012
Polish Championship, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- 2012/2013
Polish Cup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- 2012/2013
Polish Championship, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- 2013/2014
Polish Cup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
National team
- 1996
CEV U21 European Championship
- 1997
FIVB U21 World Championship
- 2006
FIVB World Championship
- 2009
CEV European Championship
- 2011
FIVB World Cup
- 2012
FIVB World League
- 2014
FIVB World Championship
Individually
- 1997 FIVB U21 World Championship - Best Setter
- 2006 FIVB World Championship - Best Setter
- 2007 Best Player in PlusLiga
- 2007 FIVB World League - Best Setter
- 2007 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner - Best Setter
- 2008 Olympic Games - Best Setter
- 2009 Polish Cup - Best Setter
- 2009 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner - Best Setter
- 2009 CEV European Championship - Best Setter
- 2011 Polish Cup - Best Setter
- 2013 Polish Cup - Best Setter
- 2014 Polish Cup - Most Valuable Player
State awards
- 2006
Gold Cross of Merit
- 2009
Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta
- 2014
Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta[15]
- 2014 Honorary citizenship of Bełchatów
References
- ↑ Paweł Zagumny. Na boisku charyzmatyczny, perfekcyjny, przywódczy - nto.pl - 12-06-2014
- ↑ Zagumny: odchodzę z Zaksy - sport.wp.pl - 12-04-2015
- ↑ Prezes Dolecka: Paweł Zagumny od przyszłego sezonu w AZS Politechnice - plusliga.pl - 19-05-2015
- ↑ 2009 CEV European Championships Results - cev.lu - 03-09-2009
- ↑ Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta - prezydent.pl - 15-09-2009
- ↑ Poland shoot up World Rankings on back of World Cup silver - fivb.org - 06-12-2011
- ↑ 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" - prezydent.pl - 27-10-2014
- ↑ Paweł Zagumny pożegnał się z reprezentacją Polski! Legenda odchodzi po meczu gwiazd - polsatsport.pl - 11-09-2016
- ↑ Paweł Zagumny odśpiewał hymn po raz ostatni! - polsatsport.pl - 11-09-2016
- ↑ Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 października 2014 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń - isap.sejm.gov.pl - 23-10-2014
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Poland captain 2002 – 2004 |
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Poland captain July 2010 – October 2010 |
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Best Setter of FIVB World Championship 2006 |
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Best Setter of FIVB World League 2007 |
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Best Setter of Olympic Games Beijing 2008 |
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Best Setter of CEV European Championship 2009 |
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