Barbara Niemczyk

Barbara Niemczyk
Personal information
Full name	Barbara Wiesława Hermel-Niemczyk
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1942-11-13) 13 November 1942 Łódź, Poland
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
National team
1964–1976 Poland (172)
Honours Representing Poland Women's volleyball Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo 1968 Mexico European Championship 1967 Turkey 1971 Italy
Last updated: 26 June 2015

Barbara Wiesława Hermel-Niemczyk (born 13 November 1942) is a former Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland women's national volleyball team in 1964–1976, a bronze medalist of the Olympic Games (Tokyo 1964, Mexico 1968), medalist of the European Championship (silver in 1967, bronze in 1971, five-time Polish Champion (1968, 1971,1972, 1973, 1976), Italian Champion (1977).

Personal life

She was married to Andrzej Niemczyk – head coach, who led Polish women's national volleyball team to two titles of European Champions (2003, 2005). They have daughter Małgorzata Niemczyk (born 1969), who was also volleyball player, European Champion 2003 .

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Barbara Niemczyk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
• Barbara Niemczyk at Olympedia
• Barbara Niemczyk at the Polish Olympic Committee (archived) (in Polish)