Krzysztof Gierczyński (born 23 January 1976) is a former

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

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, a member of

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in 1997–2008, a participant of the

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Career

Clubs

In 2012 moved to

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 ...

. In season 2012/3013 won bronze medal of Polish Championship. In 2013/2014 the club advanced to the Final Four of the Champions League in

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and after defeating VC Zenit Kazan won the bronze medal. His team beat

ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, officially known for sponsorship reasons as Grupa Azoty ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Kędzierzyn-Koźle in southern Poland, founded in 1994. They compete in the Polish PlusL ...

in last matches in the fight for a medal.

ended season with second bronze, this time of Polish Championship. On June 25, 2015, he ended up his sports career.

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Champions League The CEV Champions League is the top official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition is organised every year by the European Volleyball Confederation. Formula (2018–19 to present) Qualification A tot ...

2013/2014 - with

Challenge Cup The Challenge Cup is a knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, with the exception of 1915–1919 and 1939–1940, due to World War I and World War II respectively. It involves am ...

2011/2012 - with

AZS Częstochowa KS AZS Częstochowa SSA was a Polish professional men's volleyball club based in Częstochowa, founded in 1945 as a university team (AZS). The club competed in the Polish PlusLiga from to 1979 to 2017. Six–time Polish Champion, two–time Pol ...

''Tytan AZS Częstochowa z Pucharem Challenge''
- plusliga.pl - 31-03-2012

National championships

* 1996/1997 Bronze medal with cup

Polish Championship, with Morze Bałtyk Szczecin * 1997/1998 Silver medal with cup

Polish Championship, with Morze Bałtyk Szczecin * 2002/2003 Silver medal with cup

Polish Championship, with

* 2003/2004 Bronze medal with cup

Polish Championship, with

* 2004/2005 Bronze medal with cup

Polish Championship, with

* 2007/2008 Simple gold cup

Polish Cup, with

* 2007/2008 Silver medal with cup

Polish Championship, with

* 2008/2009 Silver medal with cup

Polish Championship, with

Asseco Resovia Rzeszów Resovia, officially known for sponsorship reasons as Asseco Resovia, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Rzeszów in southeastern Poland, founded in 1937. They compete in the Polish PlusLiga. The club has won seven Polish Champio ...

* 2009/2010 Bronze medal with cup

Polish Championship, with

* 2012/2013 Bronze medal with cup

Polish Championship, with

* 2013/2014 Bronze medal with cup

Polish Championship, with

References

External links

PlusLiga profile
1976 births Living people People from Gubin, Poland Sportspeople from Lubusz Voivodeship Polish men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for Poland Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Resovia (volleyball) players AZS Częstochowa players Jastrzębski Węgiel players Outside hitters {{Poland-volleyball-bio-stub