Marcel Gromadowski
Marcel Adam Gromadowski (born 19 December 1985) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland men's national volleyball team in 2005-2010 and Czech club VK Kladno, European Champion 2009.
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Full name | Marcel Adam Gromadowski | |||||||||||||
Nationality | Polish | |||||||||||||
Born | Wrocław, Poland | December 19, 1985|||||||||||||
Height | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 103 kg (227 lb) | |||||||||||||
Spike | 360 cm (140 in) | |||||||||||||
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Position | Opposite | |||||||||||||
Current club | VK Kladno | |||||||||||||
Number | 10 | |||||||||||||
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Last updated: 24 May 2018 |
Personal life
On November 18, 2015 his son was born.
Career
Clubs
After graduating from the School of Sports Championship he moved to the club from PlusLiga. He was considered "one of the best attackers of the young generation in Poland" by many coaches. He made his debut in the team Mostostal-Azoty Kędzierzyn-Koźle in 2004. In the season 2007/2008 together with his Italian club Copra Piacenza won the silver medal in the Italian Championship and was a silver medalist of the Champions League. After a game of another Italian, French and Polish club he signed a contract with the Greek GS Iraklis, but after one month he moved to French Montpellier UC.[1] Currently, he plays to Volley Brolo since 2013.[2] In June 2014 signed a contract with Polish club MKS Cuprum Lubin.[3] On July 1, 2015 he signed one-year contract with PGE Skra Bełchatów. On February 7, 2016 he played with PGE Skra and won the 2016 Polish Cup after beating ZAKSA in the final.[4] In April 2016 he was a member of the same team which won a bronze medal in the 2015–16 PlusLiga championship.[5]
In May 2016 he signed a contract with Łuczniczka Bydgoszcz.[6]
National team
Gromadowski was in the Polish squad when the Polish national team won the gold medal of European Championship 2009.[7] On September 14, 2009 he was awarded Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta.[8]
Sporting achievements
National championships
- 2007/2008
Italian Championship, with Copra Piacenza - 2015/2016
Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów - 2015/2016
Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
National team
- 2003
CEV U19 European Championship - 2003
European Youth Olympic Festival - 2003
FIVB U21 World Championship - 2009
CEV European Championship
Individually
- 2003 CEV U19 European Championship - Best Opposite
State awards
References
- Marcel Gromadowski przenosi się do Turcji - nicesport.pl - 20-06-2012
- Marcel Gromadowski wybrał nowy klub Archived 2014-03-09 at the Wayback Machine - s24.pl - 02-08-2013
- Marcel Gromadowski zagra w Lubinie Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine - s-w-o.pl - 29-06-2014
- POLISH CUP M: Venture of all time - Skra win trophy after annulling 3-8 in tie-break! - worldofvolley.com - 07-02-2016
- BRĄZOWA PGE SKRA! - skra.pl - 26-04-2016
- DZIĘKUJEMY MARCEL! - skra.pl - 27-05-2016
- 2009 CEV European Championships Results - cev.lu - 03-09-2009
- Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta Archived 2014-03-09 at the Wayback Machine - prezydent.pl - 15-09-2009