Michał Eryk Łasko (born 11 March 1981) is an Italian former volleyball player of Polish descent, member of the Italy men's national volleyball team, bronze medallist at the Olympic Games ( London 2012), 2005 European Champion, 2001 Italian Champion.

Personal life

Michał Łasko was born in Wrocław, Poland, but raised in Italy. His father,

Lech Łasko Lech Łasko (born 2 June 1956) is a Polish former volleyball player, member of the Polish national team in 1975–1984, 1976 Olympic Champion, three–time Polish Champion. Personal life His son, Michał Michał () is a Polish and Sorbian fo ...

, is a former Polish volleyball player - 1976 Olympic Champion. He plays for the Italian national team, because he was raised in Italy and he has never received an offer to play for Poland. He speaks the Polish language very well. On 17 June 2013 he married

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, an Italian volleyball player. On 8 October 2014 his wife gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Nicole. On 30 August 2016 their second daughter Asia was born.

Career

Clubs

Michał lived in Italy since his childhood and started playing for

Sisley Treviso Volley Treviso is a professional volleyball team based in Treviso. They were known at the past with the sponsorship name Sisley. The team plays at the Serie B. Achievements * Italian Volleyball League (9): 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004 ...

's youth team. He debuted in Serie A1 in 2001 with Treviso, after moving to Verona, where he remained for four years, playing in A1 and A2. After a year at Vibo Valentia, he was signed by BreBanca Lannutti Cuneo in 2006. In 2008, together with

Simone Parodi Simone Parodi (born 16 June 1986) is an Italian volleyball player, former member of the Italy men's national volleyball team, bronze medalist of the Olympic Games London 2012, World League (2013, 2014) and silver medalist of the 2013 European ...

, he moved to

Blu Volley Verona Blu or BLU may refer to: Businesses and brands * Blu (Italian company), a telecommunications company * Blu Manga, an imprint of Tokyopop *blu eCigs, a brand of electronic cigarette owned by Imperial Tobacco * BLU Products, an American mobile phone ...

. Łasko is currently playing for Jastrzębski Węgiel in the Polish volleyball league,

PlusLiga The PlusLiga is the highest level of men's volleyball in Poland, a professional league competition featuring volleyball clubs located in this country. It is overseen by Polska Liga Siatkówki SA (PLS SA). It is currently a 16 teams league from Oc ...

. On 19 June 2015 he announced that he had moved to Chinese team

Sichuan Chengdu Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of t ...

, together with Zbigniew Bartman - one of his teammates from previous club.''Podziękowania dla Michała Łasko''
- jastrzebskiwegiel.pl - 19-06-2015