Tomasz Wójtowicz
Tomasz Wójtowicz, 2013
Personal information
Full nameTomasz Grzegorz Wójtowicz
NationalityPolish
Born(1953-09-22)22 September 1953
Lublin, Poland
Died24 October 2022(2022-10-24) (aged 69)
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Career
YearsTeams
1968–1972
1972–1978
1978–1983
1983–1984
1984–1986
1986–1987
1987–1989		AZS Lublin
Avia Świdnik
Legia Warsaw
Edilcuoghi Sassuolo
Santal Parma
Granarolo Ferrara
Famila Città di Castello
National team
1973–1984 Poland (325)
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Poland
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1976 Montreal
FIVB World Championship
Gold medal – first place1974 Mexico
CEV European Championship
Silver medal – second place1975 Yugoslavia
Silver medal – second place1977 Finland
Silver medal – second place1979 France
Silver medal – second place1983 East Germany

Tomasz Grzegorz Wójtowicz (22 September 1953 – 24 October 2022) was a Polish volleyball player. In his later life, he worked as a volleyball commentator. As a member of the Poland national team, he won the titles of the 1976 Olympic Champion and the 1974 World Champion.

Wójtowicz was considered one of the first volleyball players in the world to start attacking from the back row.[1] In 2001, he was listed by the International Volleyball Federation as one of the top eight volleyball players in the world.[2][3] In 2002, he became the first Polish volleyball player to be inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame.

Wójtowicz died after a long illness on 24 October 2022, at the age of 69.[4]

Honours

Club

Youth national team

Individual awards

State awards

References

  1. ↑ "Biography". volleyhall.org. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Maszyna do wygrywania". przegladsportowy.pl (in Polish). 22 May 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "La Stagione 1983/84, quella del doppio straniero". volleyball.it (in Italian). 21 December 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Zmarł Tomasz Wójtowicz, jeden z najwybitniejszych polskich siatkarzy". PZPS (in Polish). 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Tomasz Wójtowicz odznaczony Krzyżem Komandorskim". PZPS (in Polish). 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
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