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| Full name | Tomasz Grzegorz Wójtowicz | ||||
| Nationality | Polish | ||||
| Born | 22 September 1953 Lublin, Poland | ||||
| Died | 24 October 2022 (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.[1] In 2001, he was listed by the International Volleyball Federation as one of the top eight volleyball players in the world.[2][3] 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.[4]
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Honours
Club
- CEV European Champions Cup
1984–85 – with Santal Parma
1985–86 – with Santal Parma
- Domestic
- 1982–83
Polish Championship, with Legia Warsaw
- 1982–83
Youth national team
Individual awards
- 1977: FIVB World Cup – Most valuable player
- 1977: FIVB World Cup – Best blocker
State awards
References
- ^ "Biography". volleyhall.org. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ "Maszyna do wygrywania". przegladsportowy.pl (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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tomasz Wójtowicz.
- Player profile at Olympics.com
- Player profile at Olympedia
- Player profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
- Player profile at Volleyhall.org
- Player profile at Volleybox.net
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