Piotr Gruszka

Piotr Łukasz Gruszka (born 8 March 1977) is a former Polish volleyball player, member of the Poland men's national volleyball team in 1995–2011, participant of the Olympic Games (Atlanta 1996, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008), 2009 European Champion, silver medalist of the 2006 World Championship, bronze medalist of the 2011 World League and 2011 European Championship, five–time Polish Champion (1995, 1997, 2005, 2007, 2008), volleyball coach.

Piotr Gruszka
Personal information
Full namePiotr Łukasz Gruszka
NicknameGrucha
Nationality Polish
Born (1977-03-08) 8 March 1977
Oświęcim, Poland
HometownKęty, Poland
Height2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Coaching information
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
2014–2015
2016–2019
2017–2018
2019–2020		BBTS Bielsko-Biała
GKS Katowice
Poland (AC)
Asseco Resovia
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite
Career
YearsTeams
1989–1993
1993–1995
1995–1999
1999–2000
2000–2002
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2008
2008–2009
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013		 Hejnał Kęty
BBTS Bielsko-Biała
AZS Częstochowa
Pallavolo Padova
Cagliari Volley
AdriaVolley Trieste
Tourcoing LM
Skra Bełchatów
AZS Olsztyn
Skra Bełchatów
Arkas İzmir
Delecta Bydgoszcz
Halkbank Ankara
Porto Ravenna Volley
AZS Olsztyn
National team
1995–2011 Poland (450)
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Poland
FIVB World Championship
2006 Japan
FIVB World League
2011 Gdańsk
CEV European Championship
2009 Turkey
2011 Austria/Czech Republic

Personal life

Piotr Gruszka was born in Oświęcim, but raised in Kęty, Poland. He is married to Aleksandra (née Szettel). They have two children: daughter Maria Aleksandra (born August 26, 2005) and son named Julian (born March 1, 2010).

In 2014 he took part in 14th season of Polish version of Dancing with the Stars. His pro dancer was Nina Tyrka. They were eliminated as 8th couple and took 5th place.

Gruszka as a player of the Polish national team on 29 May 2010.
As the Indykpol AZS Olsztyn player in the match against LOTOS Trefl Gdańsk on 23 November 2012.

Career

National team

Piotr Gruszka was member of the national Polish team that won silver medal of World Championship 2006. Gruszka won gold medal of European Championship 2009,[1] where he was Most Valuable Player. On September 14, 2009 he was awarded Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta.[2] The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk. He won with Polish team two bronze medals in 2011 at World League[3] and European Championship.[4]

Sporting achievements

Clubs

Youth national team

Individual awards

State awards
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Paweł Zagumny		 Poland captain
2004 – June 2009
September 2009
June 2010
October 2010 – November 2011		 Succeeded by
Marcin Możdżonek
Preceded by
Philippe Blain		 Coach assistant of Poland
2017
ex-aequo Oskar Kaczmarczyk		 Succeeded by
Michał Mieszko Gogol
Sebastian Pawlik
Awards
Preceded by
Martin Lebl		 Best Spiker of
CEV European Championship
2003		 Succeeded by
Israel Rodríguez
Preceded by
Semyon Poltavskiy		 Most Valuable Player of
CEV European Championship
2009		 Succeeded by
Ivan Miljković

References
  1. 2009 CEV European Championships Results – cev.eu – 03-09-2009
  2. Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta – prezydent.pl – 15-09-2009
  3. 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League Final Report – fivb.org – 10-07-2011
  4. Bartosz Kurek is the man of the day as Poland strikes bronze at EuroVolley – cev.eu – 18-09-2011
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