Michał Bąkiewicz

Polish volleyball player and coach
Michał Bąkiewicz
Personal information
Full nameMichał Bogusław Bąkiewicz
NicknameBąku
NationalityPolish
Born (1981-03-22) 22 March 1981 (age 43)
Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland
Height1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Coaching information
Current teamSkra Bełchatów
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
2014–2017
2017–2022
2022–
AZS Częstochowa
SMS PZPS Spała
Skra Bełchatów (AC)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Career
YearsTeams
2000–2003
2003–2004
2004–2007
2007–2013
2013–2014
AZS Częstochowa
Skra Bełchatów
AZS Olsztyn
Skra Bełchatów
AZS Częstochowa
National team
2001–2011 Poland (205)

Michał Bogusław Bąkiewicz (born 22 March 1981) is a Polish professional volleyball coach and former player. He is a former member of the Poland national team, a participant in the Olympic Games Athens 2004, a silver medallist at the 2006 World Championship and the 2009 European Champion. He currently serves as an assistant coach for PGE Skra Bełchatów.[1]

As a player of PGE Skra Bełchatów during the PlusLiga match against Lotos Trefl Gdańsk.

Career

Club

In 2013, after six seasons spent in PGE Skra Bełchatów, he moved to AZS Częstochowa.[2] In early December 2014, he decided to end his career and officially joined the coaching staff of AZS Częstochowa.[3]

National team

Bąkiewicz was a member of the Polish national volleyball team that won a silver medal at the 2006 World Championship. In 2009, he won a title of the European Champion. On 14 September 2009, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta.[4] The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland of that time, Donald Tusk.

Honours

As a player

As a coach

State awards

References

  1. ^ "Spore zmiany w sztabie PGE Skry Bełchatów". siatka.org (in Polish). 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  2. ^ "PGE Skra żegna legendę. Michał Bąkiewicz odchodzi z Bełchatowa". belchatow.naszemiasto.pl (in Polish). 29 May 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Michał Bąkiewicz w sztabie trenerskim AZS Częstochowa". plusliga.pl (in Polish). 3 December 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta". prezydent.pl (in Polish). 15 September 2009. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Gleaming Poland stop Bulgaria in their tracks for second Boys' U19 world title". volleyballworld.com. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.

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Poland men's volleyball squad2009 CEV European Championship – Gold medal
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