Karol Kłos
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| Full name | Karol Kłos | ||||
| Nationality | Polish | ||||
| Born | August 8, 1989 Warszawa, Poland | ||||
| Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||
| Spike | 357 cm (141 in) | ||||
| Block | 326 cm (128 in) | ||||
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| Position | Middle blocker | ||||
| Current club |  PGE Skra Bełchatów | ||||
| Number | 6 | ||||
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| Last updated: 8 February 2016 | |||||
Karol Kłos (born 8 August 1989) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland men's national volleyball team and Polish club PGE Skra Bełchatów, 2014 World Champion, a bronze medalist of the 2011 European Championship and 2011 World League, Polish Champion (2011, 2014).
Career
Clubs
Kłos moved to PGE Skra Bełchatów in 2010. He signed a new contract with PGE Skra towards the end of the 2014/2015 season.[1] On May 27, 2014 his team won a title of Polish Champion after final matches against Asseco Resovia Rzeszów. It was his second title of Polish Champion.[2] On October 8, 2014 his team won ENEA Polish SuperCup 2014.[3] On May 6, 2015 he won with PGE Skra Bełchatów bronze medal of Polish Championship.[4] In May 2015 he extended the contract with PGE Skra Bełchatów until the end of the season 2016/2017.[5] On February 7, 2016 he played with PGE Skra and won the 2016 Polish Cup after beating ZAKSA in the final.[6] In April 2016 he was a member of the same team which won a bronze medal in the 2015–16 PlusLiga championship.[7]
National team
On September 21, 2014 won a title of World Champion 2014 and received individual award for Best Middle Blocker.[8][9][10][11] On October 27, 2014 received a state award granted by the Polish President Bronisław Komorowski - Gold Cross of Merit for outstanding sports achievements and to promote Polish in the world.[12] In April 2015 he was announced as the new captain of national team.[13] But he was injured and he did not take part in intercontinental round of the World League 2015, so he was replaced by Michał Kubiak.
Sporting achievements
Clubs
2011/2012 - with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- Qatar 2010 - with PGE Skra Bełchatów
Qatar 2012 - with PGE Skra Bełchatów
National championships
- 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
- 2012/2013 Polish SuperCup2012, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2013/2014 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2014/2015 Polish SuperCup2014, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2014/2015 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2015/2016 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2015/2016 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
National team
- 2007 CEV U19 European Championship
- 2011 FIVB World League
- 2011 CEV European Championship
- 2013 Universiade
- 2014 FIVB World Championship
- 2015 FIVB World Cup
Individually
- 2014 FIVB World Championship - Best Middle Blocker
State awards
- 2014
Gold Cross of Merit[14] - 2014 Honorary citizenship of Bełchatów
References
- ^ Karol Kłos podpisał nowy kontrakt z PGE Skrą - sport.wp.pl - 18-04-2012
- ^ PGE Skra mistrzem Polski - plusliga.pl - 27-04-2014
- ^ ENEA Super Puchar w piłce siatkowej 2014 dla PGE Skry Bełchatów - plusliga.pl - 08-10-2014
- ^ PGE Skra z brązowym medalem - plusliga.pl - 06-05-2015
- ^ Kłos i Wrona zostają w PGE Skrze - plusliga.pl - 07-05-2015
- ^ POLISH CUP M: Venture of all time - Skra win trophy after annulling 3-8 in tie-break! - worldofvolley.com - 07-02-2016
- ^ BRĄZOWA PGE SKRA! - skra.pl - 26-04-2016
- ^ Poland win second World Championship title at home - fivb.org - 21-09-2014
- ^ Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil - fivb.org - 21-09-2014
- ^ FIVB MŚ Polska 2014: Polska ze złotym medalem - plusliga.pl - 21-09-2014
- ^ Poland in dreamland and in Dream Team - poland2014.fivb.org - 21-09-2014
- ^ "Dziękuję za chwile wzruszenia i dumy" - prezydent.pl - 27-10-2014
- ^ Kłos nowym kapitanem kadry siatkarzy - sport.wp.pl - 17-04-2015
- ^ Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 października 2014 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń - isap.sejm.gov.pl - 23-10-2014
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