Mirosława Zakrzewska-Kotula

Mirosława Zakrzewska-Kotula
Personal information
Full name	Mirosława Zakrzewska-Kotula
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1932-12-06)6 December 1932 Łódź, Poland
Died	21 November 1985(1985-11-21) (aged 52) Łódź, Poland
National team
1948–1961 Poland
Honours Representing Poland Women's Volleyball World Championship 1952 Soviet Union 1956 France European Championship 1950 Bulgaria 1949 Czechoslovakia 1955 Romania 1958 Czechoslovakia
Last updated: 26 June 2015

Mirosława Zakrzewska-Kotula (6 December 1932 – 21 November 1985) was a Polish volleyball player, basketball player, handball player and coach. She was a silver and bronze medalist of FIVB World Championships and silver, three-time bronze medalist of European Championships. She was a multi-medalist of Polish Championship in volleyball and Polish Champion in handball.

Career

As a volleyball player she debuted in Polish national team in the first match of Polish team at the international arena on 14 February 1948 against Czechoslovakia. She played 112 times in Polish national team (1949–1961). She won a few silver and bronze medals with Polish national team at the international arena. She ended her career in the national team on 13 September 1961, after a friendly match against Czechoslovakia. She played 14 times in Polish basketball national team (1950–1952).

She was a player of HKS Łódź, Chemia Łódź, Unia Łódź, Stal Bielsko-Biała, Wisła Kraków, Start Gdynia. After end of her career as a player she became a coach.

References

• "Zakrzewska-Kotula Mirosława". WIEM Encyclopedia (in Polish). Retrieved 14 September 2007.