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

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player, a member of

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between 1994 and 2011.

Personal life

She was born in

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

, 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 Henryk Józef Maculewicz (born 24 April 1950) is a retired Polish footballer. During his club career he played for Wisła Kraków and RC Lens Racing Club de Lens (, commonly referred to as RC Lens or simply Lens) is a French professional f ...

. She has an older half-sister, Monika. At age 18, she found out her biological father was Polish volleyball coach

Andrzej Niemczyk Andrzej Ryszard Niemczyk (16 January 1944 – 2 June 2016) was a Polish volleyball player and coach. He was the coach of the Poland women's national volleyball team that competed at the 2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship, and the 2005 ...

; 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 (gold ...

Career

In 2010-2011 she played for Polish club

Atom Trefl Sopot Atom Trefl Sopot was a Polish women's volleyball club based in Sopot and playing in the Orlen Liga. Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * Trefl Gdynia (2008–2009) * Trefl Sopot (2009–2010) * ...

. 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