Danuta Kordaczuk-Wagner (born 2 September 1939 – 10 April 1988) was a Polish volleyball player and head coach, a member of

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in 1956–1970, a bronze medalist of the

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Tokyo 1964, a bronze medalist of the

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( 1956, 1962) and medalist of the European Championship (silver in

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, bronze in 1958).

Personal life

She was born in

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on September 2, 1939 - on the second day after the outbreak of

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in Poland. On October 15, 1963, she married

Hubert Wagner Hubert Aleksander Wagner (also known as Hubert Jerzy Wagner) (born 4 March 1941 – 13 March 2002) was a Polish volleyball player and coach. He was a member of the Poland national team from 1963 to 1971, a participant in the Olympic Games Mex ...

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and head coach of Polish men's national volleyball team, which he led to titles of World Champions 1974 and Olympic Champions 1976. On December 13, 1965, she gave birth to their son Grzegorz, who was also

(also as setter like his parents).''Fragment: "KAT. Biografia Huberta Wagnera" Grzegorz Wagner, Krzysztof Mecner''
- onet.pl - 27-06-2014 In 1978 she got divorced. She died on April 10, 1988, in Warszawa.

Career as player

National team

Her first medal - bronze, with

, she achieved at World Championship 1956 in

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. Then she won bronze of European Championship 1958 held in

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. In 1962 she won bronze medal of

, and one year later silver of European Championship 1963. In 1964 she took part in Olympic Games Tokyo 1964. She played in all five matches and

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, including Kordaczuk, won bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. Kordaczuk was considered as one of the best setters in the world and she played on the national team 164 times.

Sporting achievements

Clubs

National championship

* 1957/1958 Bronze medal with cup

Polish Championship, with Impel Wrocław * 1959/1960 Bronze medal with cup

Polish Championship, with Impel Wrocław * 1960/1961 Gold medal with cup

Polish Championship, with

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* 1961/1962 Silver medal with cup