Daniel Pliński
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Full name | Daniel Mateusz Pliński | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Plina | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Polish | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Puck, Poland | 10 December 1978||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Middle blocker | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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).
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
- FIVB Club World Championship
- Doha 2009 – with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- Doha 2010 – with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- Doha 2012 – with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- National championships
- 2002/2003 Polish Cup, with Polska Energia Sosnowiec
- 2003/2004 Polish Cup, with Polska Energia Sosnowiec
- 2005/2006 Polish Championship, with Jastrzębski Węgiel
- 2006/2007 Polish Championship, with Jastrzębski Węgiel
- 2007/2008 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2008/2009 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2008/2009 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2009/2010 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2010/2011 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2010/2011 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2011/2012 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2011/2012 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2013/2014 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
Individual awards
- 2008: Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner – Best Blocker
- 2009: Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner – Best Blocker
State awards
External links
References
- ^ Pliński żegna się z Bełchatowem – skra.pl – 09-05-2014
- ^ Pliński i Kampa w Cerradzie Czarnych – plusliga.pl – 09-05-2014
- ^ 2009 CEV European Championships Results – cev.eu – 03-09-2009
- ^ Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta Archived 2014-03-09 at the Wayback Machine – prezydent.pl – 15-09-2009
- 1978 births
- Living people
- People from Puck, Poland
- Sportspeople from Pomeranian Voivodeship
- Polish men's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players of Poland
- Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Polish Champions of men's volleyball
- Jastrzębski Węgiel players
- Skra Bełchatów players
- Czarni Radom players
- Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland)
- Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- AZS Olsztyn players