Grzegorz Kosok (born 2 March 1986) is a Polish former professional
volleyball
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player, a member of the
Poland national team in 2011–2013, a participant at the
Olympic Games
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London 2012
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, and the
2012 World League winner.
Personal life
He was born in
Katowice,
Poland
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. In 2014, he married Aleksandra. In June 2015, his wife gave birth to their daughter Amelia.
Career
Clubs
Kosok moved to
Asseco Resovia in 2009. With the club from
Rzeszów
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he achieved two gold (2012, 2013), silver (2014) and two bronze medals (2010, 2011) of the Polish Championship. He left
Asseco Resovia after five years in May 2014.
National team
First time, he was appointed to the Polish national team by
Andrea Anastasi
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in 2011. He won a bronze medal of the
2011 FIVB World League and the
2011 CEV European Championship. In November 2011 Poland won a silver medal of the
2011 FIVB World Cup and therefore qualified for the
2012 Olympic Games in London. He is a gold medalist of the
2012 FIVB World League in
Sofia
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,
Bulgaria
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.
In 2015 he was called up to the team B of the
Polish national team led by
Andrzej Kowal. Kosok took part in the 1st edition of the
2015 European Games.
Honours
Clubs
*
CEV Cup
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Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 it was renamed CE ...
**
2011/2012 – with
Asseco Resovia
* National championships
** 2011/2012
Polish Championship, with
Asseco Resovia
** 2012/2013
Polish Championship, with
Asseco Resovia
** 2013/2014
Polish SuperCup
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, with
Asseco Resovia
** 2020/2021
Polish Championship, with
Jastrzębski Węgiel
Jastrzębski Węgiel, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Jastrzębie-Zdrój in southern Poland, founded in 1961. They compete in the Polish PlusLiga. Two–time Polish Champion and one time Polish Cup winner. Since the beginning o ...
References
External links
*
Player profileat ''PlusLiga.pl''
Player profileat ''Volleybox.net''
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1986 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Katowice
Polish men's volleyball players
Olympic volleyball players of Poland
Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
European Games competitors for Poland
Volleyball players at the 2015 European Games
Polish Champions of men's volleyball
Jadar Radom players
Resovia (volleyball) players
Jastrzębski Węgiel players
BKS Visła Bydgoszcz players
Middle blockers