Marcin Możdżonek
Personal information
Full nameMarcin Rafał Możdżonek
NicknameMożdżon
NationalityPolish
Born (1985-02-09) 9 February 1985
Olsztyn, Poland
Height2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Career
YearsTeams
2004–2008
2008–2012
2012–2014
2014–2015
2015–2016
2016–2020		AZS Olsztyn
Skra Bełchatów
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Halkbank Ankara
Cuprum Lubin
Asseco Resovia
National team
2007–2016 Poland (242)
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Poland
FIVB World Championship
Gold medal – first place2014 Poland
FIVB World Cup
Silver medal – second place2011 Japan
Bronze medal – third place2015 Japan
FIVB World League
Gold medal – first place2012 Sofia
Bronze medal – third place2011 Gdańsk
CEV European Championship
Gold medal – first place2009 Turkey
Bronze medal – third place2011 Austria/Czech Republic

Marcin Rafał Możdżonek (born 9 February 1985) is a Polish former professional volleyball player, a member of the Poland national team in 2007–2016, a participant in the Olympic Games (Beijing 2008, London 2012), the 2014 World Champion, 2009 European Champion, and the 2012 World League winner.

Marcin Możdżonek after match Poland-USA at Spodek in Katowice (World League 2012).
Możdżonek as player of ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle in 2012.

Career

Club

In 2012-2014 Możdżonek played for ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle.[1] With this club he won the Polish Cup twice (2013, 2014) and won the silver medal in the Polish Championship 2012/2013. In October 2014, he moved to Turkish club Halkbank Ankara.[2] On March 29, 2015 he achieved his first trophy with his new club Halkbank Ankara – the Turkish Cup. In the final his team beat Arkas Izmir 3-0 and he scored 10 points.[3] In July 2015 he came back to Poland and he signed a contract with MKS Cuprum Lubin.

National team

He debuted in the Polish national team in 2007 (during the Poland - Argentina match). Możdżonek was in the Polish squad when the Polish national team won the gold medal at the European Championship 2009.[4] On September 14, 2009 he was awarded The Order of Polonia Restituta.[5] The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk. With the Polish team, he won three medals in 2011 - silver at World Cup[6] and two bronzes at World League[7] and European Championship.[8] In November 2011 he was declared the new captain of national team.[9] He is a gold medalist of World League 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria.[10][11] In May 2014 he was replaced as captain by Michał Winiarski. On September 21, 2014 Poland won the title of World Champion 2014.[12][13][14] On October 27, 2014, he received a state award granted by the Polish President, Bronisław Komorowski: the Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta for outstanding sports achievements and worldwide promotion of Poland.[15]

He was not called to the national team by Stephane Antiga for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.[16]

Honours

Club

Youth national team

Individual awards

State awards

References

  1. ↑ Marcin Możdżonek nowym zawodnikiem ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle – eurosport.onet.pl – 03-07-2012
  2. ↑ Marcin Możdżonek odchodzi z ZAKSY – plusliga.pl – 11-10-2014
  3. ↑ TURKISH CUP M: HalkBank clinched the trophy! – worldofvolley.com – 29-03-2015
  4. ↑ 2009 CEV European Championships Results – cev.eu – 03-09-2009
  5. ↑ Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta Archived 2014-03-09 at the Wayback Machine – prezydent.pl – 15-09-2009
  6. ↑ Poland shoot up World Rankings on back of World Cup silver – fivb.org – 06-12-2011
  7. ↑ 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League Final Report – fivb.org – 10-07-2011
  8. ↑ Bartosz Kurek is the man of the day as Poland strikes bronze at EuroVolley – cev.eu – 18-09-2011
  9. ↑ Kapitan Możdżonek – plusliga.pl – 11-11-2011
  10. ↑ Poland beat USA to claim first World League title – fivb.org – 08-07-2012
  11. ↑ Poland wins historical gold at the 2012 World League – fivb.org – 08-07-2012
  12. ↑ Poland win second World Championship title at home – fivb.org – 21-09-2014
  13. ↑ Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil – fivb.org – 21-09-2014
  14. ↑ FIVB MŚ Polska 2014: Polska ze złotym medalem – plusliga.pl – 21-09-2014
  15. ↑ "Dziękuję za chwile wzruszenia i dumy" Archived 2014-10-27 at the Wayback Machine – prezydent.pl - 27-10-2014
  16. ↑ Rio 2016: Możdżonek i Wojtaszek nie jadą na igrzyska olimpijskie – przegladsportowy.pl – 14-07-2016
  17. ↑ 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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