Margareta "Maggie" Kozuch ( pl, Małgorzata Kożuch; born 30 October 1986) is a German female

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who played for Atom Trefl Sopot, and previously played as a wing-spiker for TuS Berne Hamburg, CVMJ Hamburg, TV Fischbek (who changed their name to NA Hamburg), and Unicom Starker Kerakoll Sassuolo. She was Hamburg's sportswoman of the year in 2005. She represented the German women's national volleyball team in the

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. She was German sportswoman of the year in 2010. She is of Polish origin.

Beach Volleyball

After a successful career playing indoor volleyball, Kozuch switched to

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in 2017. She teamed up with Olympics veteran,

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, winning the World Tour Finals in 2019. In 2021, Ludwig and Kozuch represented Germany at the

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that had been delayed due to the worldwide

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. The pair reached the quarter finals losing to the Americans

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and

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Clubs

* TuS Berne (1999–2002) * CVJM Hamburg (2002–2003) * TV Fischbek Hamburg (2003–2006) * NA Hamburg (2006–2007) * Unicom Starker Kerakoll Sassuolo (2007–2008) * Asystel Volley Novara (2008–2010) * Zarechie Odintsovo (2010–2011) * Atom Trefl Sopot (2011–2012) *

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(2012–2013) *

Azerrail Baku Azerrail Baku ('' az, Azərreyl Bakı'') is an Azerbaijani women's volleyball club based in Baku. Azerrail is a three-time champion of Azerbaijan Superleague and the winner of CEV Cup in 2002 and Challenge Cup in 2011. History Azerrail was foun ...

(2013–2014) *

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(2014–2015) * Pomi Casalmaggiore (2015–2016)

Awards

Individuals

* '' 2009 European Championships "Best Scorer"'' * '' 2010 German Volleyball Player of the Year'' * '' 2011 European Championship "Best Spiker"'' * '' 2011 German Volleyball Player of the Year'' * '' 2012 German Volleyball Player of the Year'' * '' 2013 Women's European Volleyball League "Best Spiker"'' * '' 2013 Women's European Volleyball League "Best Scorer"'' * '' 2013 German Volleyball Player of the Year'' * '' 2014 German Volleyball Player of the Year''

Clubs

* 2009

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–

Champion, with Asystel Volley Novara *

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– Bronze medal, with

* 2015-16 CEV Champions League - Gold medal, with Pomi Casalmaggiore

References

External links

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FIVB Profile

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* 1986 births Living people German women's volleyball players German people of Polish descent Sportspeople from Hamburg European Games competitors for Germany Volleyball players at the 2015 European Games Olympic beach volleyball players of Germany Beach volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century German women 20th-century German women {{Germany-volleyball-bio-stub