Michał Szyba (born 18 March 1988) is a Polish

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player for

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and the

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. He is a bronze medalist of the 2015 World Championship.

Career

National team

He debuted on the national team on 4 June 2013 in a friendly match against

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(27:29). On 1 February 2015

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won the bronze medal of the 2015 World Championship. They won bronze medal match (29:28) against

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.''Bronze goes to Poland''
- ihf.info - 01-02-2015 In the match for the bronze medal, he threw the goal which gave a draw and led to

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which the

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won. He also participated at the

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, in the men's handball tournament.

Sporting achievements

National team

World Championship

2015 Qatar

State awards

* 2015

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References

External links

Polish Handball Association player profile
1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Lublin Polish male handball players Expatriate handball players Olympic handball players for Poland Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Polish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Polish expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Polish expatriate sportspeople in France {{Poland-handball-bio-stub