Paweł Mateusz Woicki (born 19 June 1983) is a Polish professional

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coach and former player. He was a member of the Poland national team from 2005 to 2016. A participant in the

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, and the 2009 European Champion. He currently serves as head coach for the Polish PlusLiga team, Cerrad Enea Czarni Radom.

Personal life

He was born in

Tomaszów Mazowiecki Tomaszów Mazowiecki (, yi, טאָמעשעוו or ''Tomashuv'') is a city in central Poland with 60,529 inhabitants (2021). The fourth most populous city in the Łódź Voivodeship and the second with free public transport. In Tomaszów Mazowi ...

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. In 2008 he married Joanna. In 2009 his wife gave birth to their son Mateusz.

Career

Clubs

In 2013 Woicki signed a contract with Transfer Bydgoszcz. After two years he decided to move to

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National team

In 2009 he achieved the title of European Champion. On September 14, 2009 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta. The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland,

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. On July 10, 2011 he won with his national team the first medal of the World League for

in history. They won a bronze medal after defeating

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. On April 2, 2015 he was appointed to the Polish national team by head coach

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. After the training camp in

Spała Spała is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Inowłódz, within Tomaszów Mazowiecki County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies on the Pilica River, approximately west of Inowłódz, east of Tomaszów Mazowiecki, an ...

he went to team B of the Polish national team led by Andrzej Kowal. He took part in the first edition of 2015 European Games. He was a captain of

during that tournament.

Honours

Clubs

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2011/2012 – with PGE Skra Bełchatów * FIVB Club World Championship ** Silver medal world centered-2

Doha 2010 – with PGE Skra Bełchatów * National championships ** 2007/2008 Simple gold cup

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, with

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** 2010/2011 Simple gold cup

, with PGE Skra Bełchatów ** 2010/2011 Gold medal with cup

Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów ** 2011/2012 Simple gold cup

, with PGE Skra Bełchatów ** 2012/2013 Simple gold cup

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, with PGE Skra Bełchatów

Youth national team

* 2003

FIVB U21 World Championship

Individual awards

* 2008: Polish Cup – Best Setter

State awards

* 2009:

Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta

References

External links

*
Player profile
at ''PlusLiga.pl'' * *
Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Woicki, Pawel 1983 births Living people People from Tomaszów Mazowiecki Sportspeople from Łódź Voivodeship Polish men's volleyball players Polish volleyball coaches Volleyball coaches of international teams Olympic volleyball players of Poland Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics European Games competitors for Poland Volleyball players at the 2015 European Games Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta Projekt Warsaw players AZS Częstochowa players Resovia (volleyball) players Łuczniczka Bydgoszcz players Skra Bełchatów players AZS Olsztyn players Czarni Radom players Setters (volleyball)