Bartosz Jurecki (born 31 January 1979) is a former Polish

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player who is currently the manager of

Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski is a team handball, men's handball club from Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland, that plays in the Polish Superliga (men's handball), Superliga. Crest, colours, supporters Kits Team Current squad :''Squad for ...

Career

He won silver in the

2007 World Men's Handball Championship The 2007 World Men's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the tournament that took place from 19 January to 4 February 2007 in Germany. 24 national teams played in 12 German cities. It was the 20th edition of the World Championship in t ...

and bronze in

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

. He was also a member of the Polish national team in the

2008 Summer Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fr ...

, where Poland finished fifth and in the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

where Poland took fourth place.

State awards

* 2007 Gold Cross of Merit * 2015 POL Polonia Restituta Kawalerski BAR

Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta

Private life

His younger brother

Michał Jurecki Michał Jurecki (born 27 October 1984) is a Polish retired handball player. Private life His older brother Bartosz Jurecki is a former handball player and current manager. In 2007 Michał married to Joanna. They have daughter Oliwia, born on 6 ...

is also a handball player.

References

1979 births Living people People from Kościan Handball players from Greater Poland Voivodeship Polish male handball players Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Poland Polish expatriate handball players in Germany SC Magdeburg players Handball-Bundesliga players Polish handball coaches {{Poland-handball-bio-stub