Grzegorz Fijałek (born 11 May 1987 in

Andrychów Andrychów ( la, Andrichovia, list=no, german: Andrichau, list=no, hist. also ''Andrychau'') is the largest town in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. The town is located in the Little Beskids, in the historical region of Les ...

) is a Polish male beach volleyball player. He competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics with his partner

Mariusz Prudel Mariusz Prudel (born 21 January 1986) is a male beach volleyball player from Poland. He competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics with his partner Grzegorz Fijałek. The other teams in their pool, group D, were Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Ruslans Sor ...

. The other teams in their pool, group D, were Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Ruslans Sorokins (Latvia),

Jake Gibb Jacob "Jake" Spiker Gibb (born February 6, 1976) is an American professional beach volleyball player, who currently plays on the AVP Tour with Taylor Crabb as his partner. Gibb and Casey Patterson represented the United States at the 2016 Sum ...

and

Sean Rosenthal Sean Michael Rosenthal (born June 19, 1980) is an American beach volleyball player, playing as a defender. He is best known for his high leaping ability, which has earned him the nickname of "Superman". Rosenthal has an entourage called "Rosie's ...

(USA) and the South African team of Freedom Chiya and

Grant Goldschmidt Grant Goldschmidt (born 16 April 1983) is a South African male beach volleyball player. He competed for South Africa at the 2012 Summer Olympics with teammate Freedom Chiya. They did not progress beyond the group stages. He was born in Cape ...

. They lost to the Latvian team, but beat the South African and American teams. Next they played the Swiss pair of Sascha Heyer and Seba Chevallier in the last 16, winning two sets to nil. In the quarterfinals they lost to the Brazilian team of

Emanuel Rego Emanuel Fernando Sheffer Rego (born April 15, 1973) is a male beach volleyball player from Brazil, who competed in five consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. He won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2004 Summer Ol ...

and Alison Cerutti. Prudel and Fijałek were considered to be medal contenders in the 2012 Olympics.

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* * * * * 1987 births Living people Polish beach volleyball players Men's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball players of Poland People from Andrychów Sportspeople from Lesser Poland Voivodeship Beach volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Poland-volleyball-bio-stub