Grzegorz Łomacz (born 1 October 1987) is a Polish professional

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player. He is a member of the Poland national team, a participant in the

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( Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020), and the 2018 World Champion. At the professional club level, he plays for PGE Skra Bełchatów.

Career

Club

Łomacz is a silver medallist of the

2013 Summer Universiade The 2013 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXVII Summer Universiade (russian: XXVII Летняя Универсиада), was held in the city of Kazan, Russia, the most northerly city ever to host a Summer Universiade. Over 10,400 un ...

held in

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. For 3 seasons, he was a player and captain of

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 ...

. In 2014, he signed a contract with

Cuprum Lubin Cuprum Lubin SA – is a Polish professional men's volleyball club based in Lubin, founded in 2001. The club was promoted to the highest level of the Polish Volleyball League – PlusLiga The PlusLiga is the highest level of men's volleyball i ...

. After a good season and 6th place in

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, he decided to leave the club from

Lubin Lubin (; german: Lüben, szl, Lubin) is a city in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland. It is the administrative seat of Lubin County, and also of the rural district called Gmina Lubin, although it is not part of the territory of ...

. On 27 April 2017, it was announced that Łomacz signed a two–year contract with Skra Bełchatów.

National team

On 30 September 2018, Poland achieved its third title of the

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. 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– ...

2008–09 – with Jastrzębski Węgiel * National championships ** 2009–10 Simple gold cup

Polish Cup, with Jastrzębski Węgiel ** 2017–18 Simple gold cup

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, with PGE Skra Bełchatów ** 2017–18 Gold medal with cup

Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów ** 2018–19 Simple gold cup

, with PGE Skra Bełchatów

Youth national team

* 2005

CEV U19 European Championship

Universiade

* 2013

Summer Universiade

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:Lomacz, Grzegorz 1987 births Living people People from Ostrołęka Sportspeople from Masovian Voivodeship Polish men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of Poland Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in volleyball Universiade silver medalists for Poland Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Projekt Warsaw players Jastrzębski Węgiel players Trefl Gdańsk players Cuprum Lubin players Skra Bełchatów players Setters (volleyball)