Sebastian Świderski

Sebastian Krzysztof Świderski (born 26 June 1977) is a former Polish volleyball player and coach, member of the Poland men's national volleyball team in 1996–2011, participant of the Olympic Games (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008), silver medalist of the 2006 World Championship, three–time Polish Champion (2001, 2002, 2003), chairman of ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle since 2015.

Sebastian Świderski
Personal information
Full nameSebastian Krzysztof Świderski
NicknameŚwider
Nationality Polish
Born (1977-06-26) 26 June 1977
Skwierzyna, Poland
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Coaching information
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
2012
2012–2013
2013–2015		Fart Kielce
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle (AC)
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Career
YearsTeams
1995–2000
2000–2003
2003–2007
2007–2010
2010–2012		 Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski
Mostostal Azoty Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Umbria Volley
Volley Lube
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
National team
1996–2011 Poland (322)
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Poland
FIVB World Championship
2006 Japan

Career as player

Clubs
As a player of Perugia Volley after match in Piacenza in 2006.
Sebastian Świderski during an official ceremony, concerning his retirement from sport.

Świderski's first club as a player was Znicz Gorzów Wielkopolski. Then he played for Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski, with whom he won bronze and silver medals in the Polish Championship and Polish Cup in 1997. In 2000, he started playing for Mostostal SA Kędzierzyn-Koźle. With the club from Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Świderski won the Polish Cup twice (in 2001, 2002) and three titles of Polish Champion in 2001, 2002, 2003. During the 2002/2003 season, the club won the bronze medal in the CEV Champions League. He moved to Italian Serie A in 2003, where he played four seasons in Perugia Volley and three seasons in Lube Banca Macerata. He played in shirt number 16 in order to honor the memory of the player Arkadiusz Gołaś, who died on his way to the club from Macerata. With the club from Perugia, Świderski won a silver medal at the Italian Championship in season 2004/2005. Whilst playing for Lube Banca Macerata, he won two Italian Cups (2008, 2009), Italian SuperCup 2008 and a bronze medal in the Italian Championship 2008/2009. He ended his sporting career after his final two seasons in PlusLiga playing for ZAKSA. In 2011, he gained a silver medal in the CEV Cup[1] and the Polish Championship.

National team

Świderski made his international debut for Poland in December 1997 against Israel, losing 3-1. He has since participated in the Olympic Games at both Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008 for Poland, finishing 5th both times. He is a silver medalist of World Championship 2006. He ended his career during an official ceremony after match of national team in 2012 in Katowice.

Career as coach

In 2012, Świderski made his debut as a coach; he was appointed to work in this role for a PlusLiga club, Fart Kielce.[2] In the next season, he worked as an assistant coach in ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, where the first coach was Daniel Castellani. From 2013 to 2015, he was the head coach of ZAKSA.[3] The first trophy which he won as a coach was the Polish Cup in 2014.[4]

Other

After two successful seasons as head coach of ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle he was announced a sports director of the club in 2015. After a few months he replaced the previous chairman of the club, Mirosław Ptasiński. Świderski was chosen a chairman of ZAKSA in October 2015.[5]

Sporting achievements

As a player

As a coach

State awards

Individual awards
  • 2000: Polish Championship – Most Valuable Player
  • 2003: CEV Champions League – Best Spiker
  • 2003: CEV Champions League – Most Valuable Player
  • 2006: Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner – Most Valuable Player
  • 2008: Olympic Games – Best Spiker
Awards
Preceded by
Dante Amaral		 Best Spiker of

Olympic Games
Beijing 2008

Succeeded by
Maxim Mikhaylov

References
  1. CEV Cup Results – cev.eu – 12-03-2011
  2. Sebastian Świderski trenerem Farta Kielce – gwizdek24.pl – 14-03-2012
  3. PlusLiga: Sebastian Świderski nowym trenerem ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle – eurosport.onet.pl – 26-04-2013
  4. Pierwszy triumf trenera Świderskiego – plusliga.pl – 18-04-2014
  5. Sebastian Świderski zmienia dres na garnitur. Został prezesem! – przegladsportowy.pl – 14-10-2015
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