Artur Kacper Szalpuk (born 20 March 1995) is a Polish professional

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player who plays as an outside hitter for

Projekt Warsaw Projekt Warszawa ( en, Projekt Warsaw) is a professional men's volleyball team based in Warsaw in central Poland. The club currently plays in PlusLiga. Honours International * CEV Challenge Cup The CEV Challenge Cup is the third tier offi ...

and the Poland national team. Szalpuk won a gold medal at the 2018 World Championship held in Italy.

Career

National team

On 2 April 2015, Szalpuk was called up to the Poland national team by head coach Stéphane Antiga. After the training camp in

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he went to team B of Polish national team led by

Andrzej Kowal Andrzej Kowal (born 27 February 1971) is a Polish professional volleyball coach and former player. Since the 2023–24 season, he serves as head coach for Jihostroj České Budějovice. Personal life Kowal was born in Nowa Sarzyna, Poland. He ha ...

. He took part in 1st edition of

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, where his national team took 4th place. In July he joined team A of

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on matches with

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during intercontinental round of World League 2015 in

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

. He made his debut in senior team on 4 July 2015 in lost match with

(1–3). On 30 September 2018 Poland achieved title of the 2018 World Champion. Poland beat Brazil in the final 3–0 and defended the title from 2014.

Honours

Club

CEV Challenge Cup The CEV Challenge Cup is the third tier official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. It started in the 1980–81 season under the name CEV Cup. In 2007 it was renamed CEV Challenge Cup. History * CEV Cup (1980– ...

2023–24 – with

* Domestic ** 2017–18 Simple gold cup

Polish Cup, with

Trefl Gdańsk Trefl Gdańsk, previously known as Lotos Trefl Gdańsk, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Gdańsk in northern Poland. The club was founded in 2005 and promoted to the Polish PlusLiga in 2011. Two–time Polish Cup winner (2015, 201 ...

** 2018–19 Simple gold cup

Polish SuperCup The Polish Super Cup (, ) is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up. As of 2021, the Polish Super Cup has been pl ...

, with PGE Skra Bełchatów ** 2021–22 Gold medal with cup

Ukrainian Championship, with Epicentr-Podolyany

Youth national team

* 2013

CEV U19 European Championship * 2013 Silver medal olympic

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Individual awards

* 2017: Polish Cup – Best server * 2018: Polish Cup – Best opposite

State awards

* 2018:

Gold Cross of Merit The Cross of Merit () is a Polish civil state decoration established on 23 June 1923, to recognize services to the state. History At the time of its establishment in 1923, the Cross of Merit was the highest civilian award in Poland. It was awa ...

References

External links

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Player profile
at ''PlusLiga.pl''
Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Szalpuk, Artur 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Olsztyn Polish men's volleyball players European Games competitors for Poland Volleyball players at the 2015 European Games Polish expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate volleyball players in Ukraine Projekt Warsaw players Czarni Radom players Skra Bełchatów players Trefl Gdańsk players VC Epitsentr-Podoliany players Outside hitters 21st-century Polish people