Michał Jurecki (born 27 October 1984) is a Polish

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player for

KS Azoty-Puławy KS Azoty-Puławy is a men's handball club from Puławy, Poland, that plays in the Polish Superliga. Team Current squad :''Squad for the 2023–24 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 12 Mateusz Zembrzycki * 16 Wojciech Borucki * Paweł Ciupa * Zur ...

Private life

His older brother

Bartosz Jurecki Bartosz Jurecki (born 31 January 1979) is a former Polish handball player who is currently the manager of Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski. Career He won silver in the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship and bronze in 2009. He was also a m ...

is a former handball player and current manager. In 2007 Michał married to Joanna. They have daughter Oliwia, born on 6 September 2007. In 2015 his wife gave birth to their second daughter named Julia.

Career

He received a silver medal with the Polish team at the

2007 World Men's Handball Championship The 2007 World Men's Handball Championship took place from 19 January to 4 February 2007 in Germany. 24 national teams played in 12 German cities. It was the 20th edition of the World Championship in team handball and was won by the hosts. Stadi ...

and a bronze medal in

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and in

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

. He participated at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

, where Poland finished fifth and at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

where Poland took fourth place. At the 2016 European Championship he was awarded All Star Left back of the tournament.

Achievements

;PGE Vive Kielce *

Polish Superliga The Polish Superliga, also known as the PGNiG Superliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's handball league in Poland. The current champion is Vive Kielce, the most titled Polish handball club, maintaining its position at the top of the tab ...

: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 *Cup of Poland: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 *

EHF Champions League The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...

: 2015–16

Individual

* 2016 European Championship - All-Star Left back

State awards

* 2007

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 ...

* 2015

Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jurecki, Michał 1984 births Living people People from Kościan Sportspeople from Greater Poland Voivodeship Polish male handball players Olympic handball players for Poland Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Vive Kielce players Handball-Bundesliga players Expatriate handball players Polish expatriate sportspeople in Germany TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke players SG Flensburg-Handewitt players 21st-century Polish people