Ryszard Bosek
Ryszard Bosek (born 12 April 1950) is a former Polish volleyball player and coach, member of the Poland men's national volleyball team in 1969–1986, participant of the Olympic Games (1972, 1976, 1980), 1976 Olympic Champion, 1974 World Champion, silver medallist of the European Championship (1975, 1977, 1979), two–time Polish Champion.
Ryszard Bosek | |||||||
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Nickname | Bubu | ||||||
Nationality | Polish | ||||||
Born | Kamienna Góra, Poland | 12 April 1950||||||
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Position | Outside hitter | ||||||
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Personal life
Bosek was born in Kamienna Góra, Poland. In 2008 he had cancer.[1] After removing the salivary glands and nerve shoulder he returned to health. He was an expert of volleyball in Polsat Sport, and worked as a manager of a few volleyball players (Bartosz Kurek, Piotr Nowakowski, Jakub Jarosz).
Career
National team
Bosek took part in a few editions of the World Championship: 1970 (5th place), 1974 and 1978 (8th place). In 1974, Poland, including Bosek, achieved a title of the World Champion. It was a first title of World Champion in the history of Polish volleyball.
In his achievements, he has three silver medals of the European Championship (1975, 1977, 1979). In all three cases, Polish national team lost to Soviet Union.
He was a participant of the Olympic Games: Munich 1972, Montreal 1976, Moscow 1980. In 1976, as one of the players of Polish national team led by Hubert Jerzy Wagner, he achieved a title of the 1976 Olympic Champion. Poland won the final match of the tournament against Soviet Union on 30 July 1976.
Sporting achievements
As a player
- CEV European Champions Cup
- 1977/1978 – with Płomień Milowice
- 1978/1979 – with Płomień Milowice
- National championships
- 1969/1970 Polish Championship, with AZS AWF Warszawa
- 1974/1975 Polish Championship, with Płomień Milowice
- 1975/1976 Polish Championship, with Płomień Milowice
- 1976/1977 Polish Championship, with Płomień Milowice
- 1978/1979 Polish Championship, with Płomień Milowice
External links
- Player profile at Olympic.org
- Player profile at LegaVolley.it
- Player profile at Volleybox.net
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Preceded by Ireneusz Mazur |
Head coach of Poland 2000–2001 |
Succeeded by Waldemar Wspaniały |
References
- Bosek walczy z chorobą – siatka.org – 05-03-2008