Paweł Zagumny (born 18 October 1977) is a Polish former professional

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player. He was a member of the Poland national team in 1996–2014. A participant at the

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), the 2014 World Champion, 2012 World League winner, and the 2009 European Champion. A former president of the

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Personal life

Paweł Zagumny was born in

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, but he grew up in

Warszawa Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officiall ...

, in

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district. He is Hanna and Lech Zagumny's son, his father is a former volleyball player and a coach. Zagumny has a sister, Agnieszka. On 19 July 2003 Zagumny married Oliwia Brochocka-Zagumny. They have two children - a daughter Wiktoria (born 2004) and a son Mikołaj (born 2010). Paweł_Zagumny_2005-2006_1

Career

Clubs

He began to play in 1992 with MKS MDK Warszawa

junior

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. His talent was quickly seen and in 1995 at age 18 he was transferred to professional team

Czarni Radom WKS Czarni Radom, officially known for sponsorship reasons as Cerrad Enea Czarni Radom, is a professional men's volleyball team based in Radom in central Poland. Founded in 1921 as a football club, the club had many sections in the past, howev ...

, where he played for 2 years. With Zagumny

club won

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in 1996 and got second place in 1997. Next, he played for Bosman Morze Szczecin for 3 years. In 2000 he was transferred to

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club Edilbasso Padua, where he stayed for three years. Afterwards he came back to Poland, playing for

Mlekpol AZS Olsztyn AZS Olsztyn, officially known for sponsorship reasons as Indykpol AZS Olsztyn, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Olsztyn in northeastern Poland, founded in 1950 as a university team (AZS), located near the University of Warmia and ...

. In 2010 went to Polish club

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 PlusLi ...

. He achieved with this club two Polish Cups (2013, 2014) and two silver (

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) and bronze (

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) medal of Polish Championship. In April 2015 he announced that he is going to leave

. In May 2015 he signed a contract with

AZS Politechnika Warszawska Projekt Warszawa ( en, Projekt Warsaw) is a professional men's volleyball team based in Warsaw in central Poland. The club currently plays in PlusLiga. Honours International * CEV Challenge Cup The CEV Challenge Cup is the third tier offi ...

. He ended up club career on 9 April 2017 after the last match of the season 2016–17 as ONICO AZS Politechnika Warszawska player. The official thanks for his club career was held the day before at

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with almost 5,000 fans. His shirt number 5 in ONICO AZS Politechnika Warszawska was reserved until 2022.

National team

In 2006 he was awarded the best setter of

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, where Polish national team won silver medal. In 2007 he was awarded the best setter of

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Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...

. In 2008 he was awarded the best setter of

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. Zagumny was in the Polish squad when the Polish national team won the gold medal of European Championship 2009, where was awarded Best Setter. On 14 September 2009 he was awarded The

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. The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland,

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. In 2011 the gained silver medal at

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. On 8 July 2012 he won a gold medal of World League 2012 in

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, Bulgary. On 21 September 2014 he won a title of World Champion 2014. On 27 October 2014 he received a state award granted by the Polish President

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- Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta ''for outstanding sports achievements and worldwide promotion of Poland''. After winning title of 2014 World Champion he announced that the finale was his last match in national team. On 11 September 2016 an all-star match was organized in

, which was Zagumny's official farewell to the Polish national team and its supporters (12,000 fans at

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). In the match Poland vs. the Rest of world took part the most titled and the best players in the history of Polish and world volleyball. Zagumny played 427 matches in the Polish national team.

Honours

Clubs

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2010/2011 – with

* National championships ** 1997/1998 Silver medal with cup

Polish Championship, with

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** 2003/2004 Silver medal with cup

Polish Championship, with AZS Olsztyn ** 2004/2005 Silver medal with cup

Polish Championship, with AZS Olsztyn ** 2009/2010 Simple gold cup

Greek Cup, with

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** 2009/2010 Silver medal with cup

Greek Championship, with

** 2010/2011 Silver medal with cup

Polish Championship, with

** 2012/2013 Simple gold cup

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, with

** 2012/2013 Silver medal with cup

Polish Championship, with

** 2013/2014 Simple gold cup

, with

Youth national team

* 1996

CEV U21 European Championship * 1997 Gold medal world centered-2

FIVB U21 World Championship

Individual awards

* 2006: FIVB World Championship – Best Setter * 2007:

– Best Setter * 2008:

– Best Setter * 2009: Polish Cup – Best Setter * 2009: CEV European Championship – Best Setter * 2011: Polish Cup – Best Setter * 2013:

– Best Setter * 2014:

– Most Valuable Player

State awards

* 2006:

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* 2009:

Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta * 2014: POL Polonia Restituta Oficerski BAR

Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta

References

External links

*
Player profile
at ''PlusLiga.pl''
Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Zagumny, Pawel 1977 births Living people People from Jasło Sportspeople from Podkarpackie Voivodeship Polish men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of Poland Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland) Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta Polish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate volleyball players in Italy Polish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate volleyball players in Greece Czarni Radom players AZS Olsztyn players Panathinaikos V.C. players ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle players Projekt Warsaw players Setters (volleyball)