Ryszard Bosek (born 12 April 1950) is a Polish former

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player and coach, a member of the Poland national team in 1969–1986, a participant at the

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1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

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, 1980). During his career, he won the titles of the 1976 Olympic Champion and the 1974 World Champion.

Personal life

Bosek was born in

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. In 2008 he had

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. After removing the salivary glands and nerve shoulder he returned to health. He was an expert of

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, and worked as a manager of a few volleyball players (

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Career

National team

Bosek took part in a few editions of the

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(5th place), 1974 and 1978 (8th place). In 1974,

, including Bosek, achieved a title of the

World Champion A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

. It was a first title of the World Champion in the history of Polish volleyball. Among his achievements, he has three silver medals of the European Championship (

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...

). In all three cases, Polish national team lost to the

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. He was a participant of the

: Munich 1972,

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Moscow 1980 The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

. In 1976, as one of the players of the Polish national team led by Hubert Jerzy Wagner, he achieved a title of the

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. Poland won the final match of the tournament against the

on 30 July 1976.

Honours

As a player

* CEV European Champions Cup ** Gold medal europe

1977/1978 – with Płomień Milowice * National championships ** 1976/1977 Gold medal with cup

Polish Championship, with Płomień Milowice ** 1978/1979 Gold medal with cup

Polish Championship, with Płomień Milowice

External links

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Player profile
at ''LegaVolley.it''
Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Bosek, Ryszard 1950 births Living people People from Kamienna Góra Polish men's volleyball players Polish volleyball coaches Olympic volleyball players of Poland Volleyball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Poland Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland) Polish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate volleyball players in Italy Jastrzębski Węgiel coaches