Piotr Nowakowski (born 18 December 1987) is a Polish professional

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player, a former member of the Poland national team. A participant in the

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), two–time

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), 2009 European Champion, and the 2012 World League winner. At the professional club level, he plays for Projekt Warsaw.

Personal life

Nowakowski was born in

Żyrardów Żyrardów is a town and former industrial hub in central Poland with approximately 41,400 inhabitants (2006). It is the capital of Żyrardów County situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999); previously, it was in Skierniewice Voivodes ...

, but he grew up in Międzyborów. On July 25, 2015 he married Aleksandra Wilczewska. On January 1, 2017 he announced that he and his wife are expecting a first child. On June 12, 2017 his wife gave birth to their daughter Oliwia.

Career

Clubs

He made his debut in PlusLiga for club

AZS Częstochowa KS AZS Częstochowa SSA was a Polish professional men's volleyball club based in Częstochowa, founded in 1945 as a university team (AZS). The club competed in the Polish PlusLiga from to 1979 to 2017. Six–time Polish Champion, two–time Po ...

. In the season 2007/2008 he became a key player for the team, and they won the Polish Cup and the silver medal in the Polish Championship. In 2011, he moved to

Asseco Resovia Rzeszów Resovia, officially known for sponsorship reasons as Asseco Resovia, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Rzeszów in southeastern Poland, founded in 1937. They compete in the Polish PlusLiga. The club has won seven Polish Champio ...

. In 2012 he won silver medal in the

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2012. In 2012 after seven years of domination by PGE Skra Bełchatów, he was part of the

team that won the Polish Championship. The next year he and his team repeated this success and gained the title of Polish Champions 2013. In the 2013/2014 season, they won the Polish SuperCup 2013 and the silver medal in the Polish Championship 2013/2014 after losing the final (0-3 in matches) against PGE Skra Bełchatów. On March 29, 2015

, including Nowakowski, won the silver medal in the 2014–15 CEV Champions League. He was awarded ''Best Middle Blocker'' of the Final Four of the

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. In April 2015 he signed a contract for the next two years, keeping him at

till 2017. In April 2015 he achieved his third Polish Championship with Resovia. On April 28, 2017 he moved to LOTOS Trefl Gdańsk.

National team

Nowakowski was in the Polish squad when the Polish national team won the gold medal at the 2009 European Championship. 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 Nowakowski, with the national team, won the first medal of the World League for

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in history. They won a bronze medal after winning the match with

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. Then

played at the European Championship 2011, where they had to defend the title of European Champion. Nowakowski was a major player in the team and Polish national team won a second medal in 2011 - a bronze after winning match with

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. In November 2011 Poland won a silver medal at the

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and therefore qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games. On July 8, 2012 the Polish team won gold medal of the World League 2012. Nowakowski was a main player of the Polish team at the

, but Poland lost a quarterfinal with

. On August 16, 2014 he was named in the

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squad for the World Championship held in

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

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: the Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta ''for outstanding sports achievements and worldwide promotion of Poland''. On September 30, 2018 Poland achieved title of the 2018 World Champion. Poland beat Brazil in the final 3-0 and defended the title from 2014. Nowakowski received an individual award for the ''Best Middle Blocker''.

Honours

Clubs

2014/2015 – with

Asseco Resovia Resovia, officially known for sponsorship reasons as Asseco Resovia, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Rzeszów in southeastern Poland, founded in 1937. They compete in the Polish PlusLiga. The club has won seven PlusLiga, Polish ...

2011/2012 – with

* National championships ** 2007/2008 Simple gold cup

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, with

** 2011/2012 Gold medal with cup

Polish Championship, with

** 2012/2013 Gold medal with cup

Polish Championship, with

** 2013/2014 Simple gold cup

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, with

** 2014/2015 Gold medal with cup

Polish Championship, with

** 2017/2018 Simple gold cup

, with Trefl Gdańsk

Individual awards

* 2015:

– Best Blocker * 2015:

– Best Middle Blocker * 2018:

– Best Server * 2018: FIVB World Championship – Best Middle Blocker * 2021: Polish Championship �
Best Blocker
* 2021: CEV European Championship – Best Middle Blocker

State awards

* 2009:

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

Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta * 2018: POL Polonia Restituta Komandorski BAR

Commander's Cross of Polonia Restituta

References

External links

*
Player profile
at ''PlusLiga.pl''
Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net'' * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nowakowski, Piotr 1987 births Living people People from Żyrardów Sportspeople from Masovian Voivodeship Polish men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of Poland Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Polish Champions of men's volleyball Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta AZS Częstochowa players Resovia (volleyball) players Trefl Gdańsk players Projekt Warsaw players Middle blockers