Lukas Immanuel Kampa (born 29 November 1986) is a German professional

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player. He is a member of the Germany national team, a bronze medallist at the 2014 World Championship and named the ''Best Setter'' of the tournament. At the professional club level, he plays for Trefl Gdańsk.

Personal life

Kampa was born in

Bochum Bochum ( , also , ; wep, Baukem) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 364,920 (2016), is the sixth largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) of the most populous Germany, German federal state o ...

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as a son of Ulrich Kampa – a former volleyball player. He has a sister and a brother David, who is also a volleyball player.

Career

In 2014, Kampa signed a contract with the Polish

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team, Cerrad Czarni Radom. In 2016, he joined

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Honours

Club

* National championships ** 2008–09 Gold medal with cup

German Championship, with

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** 2009–10 Gold medal with cup

German Championship, with VfB Friedrichshafen ** 2012–13 Simple gold cup

Russian Cup, with Belogorie Belgorod ** 2012–13 Gold medal with cup

Ukrainian Championship, with Lokomotiv Kharkiv ** 2020–21 Gold medal with cup

Polish Championship, with

Individual awards

* 2014: FIVB World Championship – Best Setter * 2015: German Volleyball Player of the Year * 2017: German Volleyball Player of the Year

References

External links

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at ''Volleybox.net'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Kampa, Lukas 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Bochum German men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of Germany Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics European Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 2015 European Games European Games gold medalists for Germany German expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate volleyball players in Italy German expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate volleyball players in Russia German expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate volleyball players in Ukraine German expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate volleyball players in Poland VC Belogorie players VC Lokomotyv Kharkiv players Modena Volley players Czarni Radom players Jastrzębski Węgiel players Trefl Gdańsk players Setters (volleyball)