Ryszard Bosek

Ryszard Bosek
Ryszard Bosek
Personal information
Full name	Ryszard Bosek
Nationality	Polish
Born	12 April 1950 (age 74); Kamienna Góra, Poland
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Career
; ; 1968–1973; 1973–1980; 1980–1985	Błękitni Wołomin (U23); Mazowsze Zegrze (U23); AZS AWF Warszawa; Płomień Milowice; Petrarca Volley
National team
1969–1986	Poland (359)
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing Poland
Olympic Games
World Championship
European Championship
	Last updated: 6 February 2017

Ryszard Bosek (born 12 April 1950) is a former Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland men's national volleyball team in 1969–1986, a participant of the Olympic Games (1972, 1976, 1980), Olympic Champion 1976, World Champion 1974, silver medalist of the European Championship (1975, 1977, 1979).

Personal life

Bosek was born in Kamienna Góra, Poland. In 2008 he had cancer.^[1] After removing the salivary glands and nerve shoulder he returned to health. Currently, he is an expert of volleyball in Polsat Sport and he worked as manager of few volleyball players (Bartosz Kurek, Piotr Nowakowski, Jakub Jarosz).

Career

National team

Bosek took part in World Championships three times in: 1970 (5th place), 1974 and 1978 (8th place). In 1974 Poland, including Bosek, achieved title of World Champion 1974. It was first title of World Champion in history of Polish volleyball.

He has in his achievements three silver medals of European Championship (1975, 1977, 1979). In all three cases, Polish national team lost with Soviet Union.

He was a participant of the Olympic Games three times in: Munich 1972, Montreal 1976, Moscow 1980. In 1976 as one of main player in Polish national team led by Hubert Jerzy Wagner he achieved title of Olympic Champion 1976. The final match was against Soviet Union on July 30, 1976 held in Mexico.