Jan Nowakowski

Jan Nowakowski
Jan Nowakowski
Personal information
Full name	Jan Nowakowski
Nickname	Johnny
Nationality	Polish
Born	17 May 1994 (age 30); Bydgoszcz, Poland
Height	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	105 kg (231 lb)
Spike	365 cm (144 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Middle-blocker
Current team	GKS Katowice
Number	1
Career
2013–2017; 2017–2019; 2019–	Transfer Bydgoszcz; ONICO Warszawa; GKS Katowice
National team
2014–	Poland

Jan Nowakowski (born 17 May 1994) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of the Polish club GKS Katowice.

Personal life

He has a younger sister Pola (born 1996), who is also a volleyball player.^[1] On December 25, 2015 he became engaged to Martyna Grajber, who is also volleyball player.^[2]

Career

National team

In 2012 played at CEV U21 European Championship 2012, where Polish junior team took 6th place.^[3] In 2015 he was appointed to team B of Polish national team led by Andrzej Kowal. Nowakowski took part in 1st edition of 2015 European Games. On August 14, 2015 he achieved first medal as national team player – bronze of European League. His national team won 3rd place match against Estonia (3–0). He also received individual award for Best Middle Blocker of the tournament.