Daniel Pliński

Daniel Mateusz Pliński (born 10 December 1978) is a former Polish volleyball player, member of the Poland men's national volleyball team in 2005–2010, participant of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, 2009 European Champion, silver medallist of the 2006 World Championship, five–time Polish Champion.

Daniel Pliński
Personal information
Full nameDaniel Mateusz Pliński
NicknamePlina
Nationality Polish
Born (1978-12-10) 10 December 1978
Puck, Poland
Height2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Career
YearsTeams

1997–2002
2002–2004
2004–2007
2007–2014
2014–2016
2016–2018		 Korab Puck
Stolarka Wołomin
Płomień Sosnowiec
Jastrzębski Węgiel
Skra Bełchatów
Czarni Radom
AZS Olsztyn
National team
2005–2010 Poland (142)
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Poland
FIVB World Championship
2006 Japan
CEV European Championship
2009 Turkey

Personal life

Daniel Pliński was born in Puck, Poland. He has three brothers Piotr, Wiesław, Wojciech and two sisters - Wioleta and Iwona. On 24 September 2004, he married Marta. They have two daughters – Julia (born 10 April 2006) and Lena (born 2012).

Pliński as a player of Jastrzębski Węgiel in 2007.
Match of PlusLiga: LOTOS Trefl Gdańsk – PGE Skra Bełchatów on 30 September 2011.

Career

He was a three-time Polish champion in beach volleyball – 2002, 2003, 2004.

Clubs

He was a player of PGE Skra Bełchatów for seven years. With this team, he won five titles of Polish Champion (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014), three Polish Cups (2009, 2011, 2012), silver medal of CEV Champions League 2011/2012, bronze of CEV Champions League 2009/2010 and two silver, bronze of FIVB Club World Championship. On May 9, 2014 it was announced that Pliński was transferring to Cerrad Czarni Radom.[1][2]

He retired from volleyball on May 24, 2018.

National team

Pliński was in the Polish squad when the Polish national team won the gold medal of European Championship 2009.[3] On September 14, 2009 he was awarded Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta.[4]

Sporting achievements

Clubs

Individual awards

State awards

References
  1. Pliński żegna się z Bełchatowem – skra.pl – 09-05-2014
  2. Pliński i Kampa w Cerradzie Czarnych – plusliga.pl – 09-05-2014
  3. 2009 CEV European Championships Results – cev.eu – 03-09-2009
  4. Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta Archived 2014-03-09 at the Wayback Machine – prezydent.pl – 15-09-2009
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.