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Tomasz Wójtowicz, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Tomasz Grzegorz Wójtowicz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1953-09-22)22 September 1953 Lublin, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 24 October 2022(2022-10-24) (aged 69) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tomasz Grzegorz Wójtowicz (22 September 1953 – 24 October 2022) was a Polish volleyball player. In his later life, he worked as a volleyball commentator. As a member of the Poland national team, he won the titles of the 1976 Olympic Champion and the 1974 World Champion.
Wójtowicz was considered one of the first volleyball players in the world to start attacking from the back row. In 2001, he was listed by the International Volleyball Federation as one of the top eight volleyball players in the world. In 2002, he became the first Polish volleyball player to be inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame.
Wójtowicz died after a long illness on 24 October 2022, at the age of 69.
Honours
Club
- CEV European Champions Cup
- 1984–85 – with Santal Parma
- 1985–86 – with Santal Parma
- Domestic
- 1982–83 Polish Championship, with Legia Warsaw
Youth national team
Individual awards
- 1977: FIVB World Cup – Most valuable player
- 1977: FIVB World Cup – Best blocker
State awards
References
- "Biography". International Volleyball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- "Maszyna do wygrywania". Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). 22 May 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- "La Stagione 1983/84, quella del doppio straniero". volleyball.it (in Italian). 21 December 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- "Zmarł Tomasz Wójtowicz, jeden z najwybitniejszych polskich siatkarzy". PZPS (in Polish). 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- "Tomasz Wójtowicz odznaczony Krzyżem Komandorskim". PZPS (in Polish). 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
External links
- Player profile at Olympics.com
- Player profile at Olympedia (archive)
- Player profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
- Player profile at Volleyhall.org
- Player profile at Volleybox.net
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- 1953 births
- 2022 deaths
- Sportspeople from Lublin
- Polish men's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players for Poland
- Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Olympic gold medalists for Poland
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Polish expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Legia Warsaw (men's volleyball) players
- International Volleyball Hall of Fame inductees
- 20th-century Polish sportsmen