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Grzegorz Kosok
Personal information
Full nameGrzegorz Kosok
NicknameKosa
NationalityPoland Polish
Born (1986-03-02) March 2, 1986 (age 38)
Katowice, Poland
Height2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Weight95 kg (209 lb)
Spike350 cm (138 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Current clubPoland Asseco Resovia
Number4
Career
YearsTeams
2003–2005
2005–2008
2008–2009
2009–2014
2014–2015
2015–2016
2016–2019
2019–
Poland MKS Będzin
Poland Płomień Sosnowiec
Poland Jadar Radom
Poland Asseco Resovia
Poland Jastrzębski Węgiel
Poland Łuczniczka Bydgoszcz
Poland Jastrzębski Węgiel
Poland Asseco Resovia
National team
2011– Poland
Honours
Representing  Poland
Men's volleyball
CEV European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Austria/Czech Republic
FIVB World League
Gold medal – first place 2012 Sofia
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Gdańsk

Grzegorz Kosok (born 2 March 1986) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland men's national volleyball team and Asseco Resovia, a participant of the Olympic Games London 2012, gold medalist of the FIVB World League 2012 and bronze medalist of the European Championship 2011 and the World League 2011, double Polish Champion (2012, 2013).

Personal life

He was born in Katowice, Poland. In 2014 he married Aleksandra. In June 2015 his wife gave birth to their daughter Amelia.

Career

Clubs

Kosok moved to Asseco Resovia in 2009. He reached with club from Rzeszów two titles of Polish Champion (2012, 2013), silver (2014) and two bronze medals (2010, 2011) of Polish Championship. He left Asseco Resovia after five years on May 2014.[1] Currently, he has been playing for Jastrzębski Węgiel since 2014.[2]

National team

First time, he was appointed to the Polish national team by Andrea Anastasi in 2011. He won two bronzes at World League[3] and European Championship.[4] in 2011. He is a gold medalist of World League 2012 in Sofia, Bulgary.[5][6] In 2015 he was appointed to team B of Polish national team led by Andrzej Kowal. Kosok took part in 1st edition of 2015 European Games.

Sporting achievements

References

  1. ^ Grzegorz Kosok opuszcza Asseco Resovię – assecoresovia.pl – 07-05-2014
  2. ^ Kosok w Jastrzębiu! – przegladsportowy.pl – 06-05-2014
  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
  5. ^ Poland beat USA to claim first World League title – fivb.org – 08-07-2012
  6. ^ Poland wins historical gold at the 2012 World League – fivb.org – 08-07-2012