Bartosz Jurecki (born 31 January 1979) is a former Polish

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player who is currently the manager of

Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski is a men's handball club from Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland, that plays in the Superliga. History Historical names: *Concordia Piotrków Trybunalski (1997–2004) *Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski (2004� ...

Career

He won silver in the

2007 World Men's Handball Championship The 2007 World Men's Handball Championship took place from 19 January to 4 February 2007 in Germany. 24 national teams played in 12 German cities. It was the 20th edition of the World Championship in team handball and was won by the hosts. Stadi ...

and bronze in

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

. He was also a member of the Polish national team in the

2008 Summer Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

, where Poland finished fifth and in the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

where Poland took fourth place.

State awards

* 2007

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 ...

* 2015

Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta

Private life

His younger brother

Michał Jurecki Michał Jurecki (born 27 October 1984) is a Polish handball player for KS Azoty-Puławy. Private life His older brother Bartosz Jurecki is a former handball player and current manager. In 2007 Michał married to Joanna. They have daughter Oliwia ...

is also a handball player.

References

1979 births Living people People from Kościan Sportspeople from Greater Poland Voivodeship Polish male handball players Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Poland Expatriate handball players Polish expatriate sportspeople in Germany SC Magdeburg players Handball-Bundesliga players Polish handball coaches {{Poland-handball-bio-stub