Full name Piotr Marcin Gacek Block 305 cm (120 in) Nationality Polish Position Libero | Weight 80 kg (180 lb) Name Piotr Gacek Spike 328 cm (129 in) Height 1.85 m | |
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Born September 16, 1978 (age 45)
Grodkow, Poland ( 1978-09-16 ) Similar People Pawel Zagumny, Daniel Plinski, Wojciech Grzyb, Piotr Gruszka, Michal Bakiewicz | ||
Tie-break z... Odcinek 2. Piotr Gacek i Mateusz Mika
Piotr Marcin Gacek (born 16 September 1978) is a former Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland men's national volleyball team in 2005–2010 and 2015–2016, European Champion 2009, silver medalist of the World Championship 2006, double Polish Champion (2009, 2010).
Contents
- Tie break z Odcinek 2 Piotr Gacek i Mateusz Mika
- Tacy jeste my odc 7 piotr gacek siatkarze poza boiskiem
- Personal life
- Clubs
- National team
- CEV Cup
- National championships
- Individually
- State awards
- References
Tacy jeste my odc 7 piotr gacek siatkarze poza boiskiem
Personal life
Gacek was born in Grodków, Poland. Married twice, his first wife was Agata. On September 27, 2008 he married to Karolina. In August 2010 his wife gave birth to their daughter Zofia.
Clubs
His first professional club was SKS Mechanik Nysa and then he played for PGE Skra Bełchatów. With the club from Bełchatów he achieved the titles of Polish Champion (2009, 2010). In 2010-2014 he played for Polish club ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle. He won with this club from Kędzierzyn-Koźle the silver medal of CEV Cup 2011, silver (2011), bronze medal (2012) of Polish Championships and two Polish Cups in 2013 and 2014. In 2014 he moved to Lotos Trefl Gdańsk. On April 19, 2015 Lotos Trefl Gdańsk, including Gacek, achieved the Polish Cup 2015. Then he won silver medal of the Polish Championship. In May 2015 he signed a two-year contract with Lotos Trefl Gdańsk.
Gacek ended up sporting career on April 13, 2017 after last match of the 2016–17 PlusLiga at Ergo Arena. He was chosen Most Valuable Player of the match with Cerrad Czarni Radom.
National team
Piotr Gacek was in the Polish squad when the Polish national team won the gold medal of the European Championship 2009. On September 14, 2009 he was awarded Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta.
He announced his retirement from national team on June 5, 2016. On August 26, 2017, before match Poland - Finland at the 2017 European Championship in Ergo Arena, Gdańsk, was held a brief ceremony to thank him for career in national team. He played 114 matches in Polish national team.
CEV Cup
National championships
