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Edward Skorek
Personal information
Nickname	Szabla
Born	(1943-06-13) 13 June 1943 (age 81) Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Coaching information
Previous teams coached Years Teams 1975–1978 1978 1978–1979 1990–1992 1992–1993 1997–2000 2001–2002 2003–2006 Modena Volley Italy Pallavolo Loreto Poland AZS Częstochowa Czarni Radom Kuwait AZS Częstochowa
Volleyball information
Number	4 (national team)
Career
Years Teams 1961–1963 1963–1967 1967–1975 1975–1977 Lechia Tomaszów Mazowiecki AZS AWF Warsaw Legia Warsaw Panini Modena
National team
1964–1976  Poland (284)
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  Poland Olympic Games 1976 Montreal FIVB World Championship 1974 Mexico FIVB World Cup 1965 Poland CEV European Championship 1967 Turkey

Edward Skorek (born 13 June 1943) is a Polish former volleyball player and coach. As a member of the Poland national team, he won gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1974 World Championship. Skorek was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2006.

Honours

As a player

• Domestic
  • 1964–65 Polish Championship, with AZS AWF Warsaw
  • 1965–66 Polish Championship, with AZS AWF Warsaw
  • 1968–69 Polish Championship, with Legia Warsaw
  • 1969–70 Polish Championship, with Legia Warsaw
  • 1975–76 Italian Championship, with Panini Modena

As a coach

• Domestic
  • 1975–76 Italian Championship, with Panini Modena
  • 1992–93 Polish Championship, with AZS Yawal Częstochowa
  • 1998–99 Polish Cup, with Czarni Radom

State awards

• 1998: Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta

References

1. "Biography". International Volleyball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 23 September 2023.

External links

• Player profile at Olympics.com
• Player profile at Olympedia (archive)
• Coach profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
• Player profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
• Player profile at Volleyhall.org
• Coach/Player profile at Volleybox.net

Sporting positions
Preceded by Leszek Milewski	Head coach of Poland 1990–1992	Succeeded by Zbigniew Zarzycki

Poland squads
v t e Poland squad – 1974 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship – Gold medal Bosek Czaja Gawłowski Gościniak Karbarz Rybaczewski Sadalski Skiba Skorek Stefański Wójtowicz Zarzycki Coach: Wagner v t e Poland men's volleyball squad – 1976 Summer Olympics – Gold medal Bosek Bebel Gawłowski Karbarz Lubiejewski Łasko Rybaczewski Sadalski Skorek Stefański Wójtowicz Zarzycki Coach: Wagner

• 1943 births
• Living people
• People from Tomaszów Mazowiecki
• Sportspeople from Łódź Voivodeship
• Polish men's volleyball players
• Polish volleyball coaches
• Olympic volleyball players for Poland
• Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
• Volleyball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• Olympic medalists in volleyball
• Olympic gold medalists for Poland
• Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta
• Polish expatriate volleyball players in Italy
• Legia Warsaw (men's volleyball) players
• Modena Volley players
• AZS Częstochowa coaches
• Czarni Radom coaches
• International Volleyball Hall of Fame inductees
• 20th-century Polish sportsmen