Adam Łapeta (born 9 November 1987) is a Polish professional basketball player for MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza of the

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(PLK).

Professional career

Previously a member of the

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youth team, Łapeta made his career debut in 2005 on the main squad in the

(PLK). He played in five consecutive

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seasons with the team between 2007 and 2012, making his last season the most successful one (4.7 points per game, 4.3 rebounds while shooting 55% from the field and 73% from the free throw line). He played with

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in the EuroCup the following year. In 2013, he moved to Dzūkija Alytus of the

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(LKL). He became a center piece of the team, leading the league in blocks per game during his first season there (with 1.5). He was traded for Julius Jucikas to Lietuvos rytas Vilnius in early 2016. On 13 September 2017, Łapeta agreed to mutually part ways with Lietuvos rytas Vilnius. On July 2, 2018, he signed a one-year deal with

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of the PLK. On September 14, 2022, Łapeta signed with

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of the

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. On March 5, 2023,

terminated the contract relationship with Łapeta due to the injury. On November 1, 2023, he signed with

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of the

(PLK). On July 22, 2024, he signed with MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza of the

(PLK).

National team career

Łapeta represented Poland at the 2005 European U-18 Championship. He also played in

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, achieving a high of 8 points and 6 rebounds against the tournament hosts

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Honours

;Prokom Trefl Sopot/Asseco Prokom Gdynia * Polish PLK Champion: (

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

) *

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Winner: 2006, 2008 * PLK All Star Game 2010 ;Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius * Lithuanian LKL Bronze medalist: 2015/2016, 2016/2017 * Lithuanian Basketball Cup Winner: 2016 ;BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski * Polish PLK Vice Champion: (

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

) * All-PLK First Team 2017/2018 * PLK blocks leader (2017/2018) ;Asseco Gdynia * Polish PLK Bronze medalist: (

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

)

References

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