Kinga Maculewicz-De La Fuente (née Maculewicz; born 25 May 1978) is a French former

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player, a member of France women's national volleyball team between 1994 and 2011.

Personal life

She was born in

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, Poland, but she grew up in France. Her parents are Krystyna Maculewicz, a Polish former volleyball player and bronze medalist at the 1971 European Championship, and retired Polish

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Henryk Maculewicz. She has an older half-sister, Monika. At age 18, she found out her biological father was Polish volleyball coach Andrzej Niemczyk; because of that she has three more half-sisters, also volleyball players: Małgorzata (born 1969), Saskia, and Natascha (born 1990). Natascha holds German nationality like her mother. She is married to Spanish volleyball player and 2007 European champion

Enrique de la Fuente Enrique de la Fuente Santos (born August 11, 1975) is a Spanish volleyball player, a member of Spain men's national volleyball team, a participant of the Olympic Games Sydney 2000, European Champion 2007, a medalist of the European League (go ...

Career

In 2010-2011 she played for Polish club Atom Trefl Sopot. She ended her sporting career in 2011.

References

1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Kraków French women's volleyball players Polish women's volleyball players Polish emigrants to France {{France-volleyball-bio-stub